Taxon data and maps: Macronectes giganteus
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 1060
- Common Name
- Southern Giant Petrel
- Authority
- Gmelin,1789
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Macronectes
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- Catalogue id
- 3673D6
- Photographer
- Papps, Wayne
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 7084 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1904 to 2007.
7084 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
3168 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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| ABBBS Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island. Details | 3,523 data pts | |
| Bird observations from South African BIOMASS voyages, Mawson and Prydz Bay region, 1984 and 1985 Details | 12 data pts | |
| Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites Details | 279 data pts | |
| Nest census, Windmill Islands 2002/03 Details | 3 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 3,146 data pts | |
| Southern Giant Petrel census data within the Australian Antarctic Territory Details | 121 data pts | |
Specialised applications for this taxa
Satellite tracking via ARGOS (1990-present) or
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Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.