Southern giant petrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the southern giant petrel lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Macronectes giganteus
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Africa, Antarctica, Oceania, South America
Mass	237 g (birth weight); 4.94 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.85 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Procellariiformes
Family	Procellariidae

Where does the southern giant petrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the southern giant petrel in 12 countries and territories across Africa, Antarctica, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America, Antarctica.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a southern giant petrel?

Wikidata records the following for the southern giant petrel: mass 237 g (birth weight); 4.94 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.85 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the southern giant petrel endangered?

The southern giant petrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the southern giant petrel?

The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) is a bird in the order Procellariiformes and the family Procellariidae, genus Macronectes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the southern giant petrel

The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar northern giant petrel, though it overall is centered slightly further south. Adults of the two species can be distinguished by the colour of their bill-tip: greenish in the southern and reddish in the northern.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Southern giant petrel (revision 1379084687), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q276185 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).