Taxon Profile: Macronectes halli
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 1061
- Common Name
- Northern Giant Petrel
- Authority
- Mathews,1912
- 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
©Warwick Barnes 2005
- Catalogue id
- IA16921
- Caption
- Northern Giant Petrel at the waters edge.
- Photographer
- Barnes, Warwick
Profile
- Source of taxon data
- CAVS
- Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
- CAVS 8.1 on 3-Jun-1994
- Comments
- CAVS 8.1 update:03-JUN-94
Species Profile:
Description
| Similar forms describes any issues with near identical species that may cause identification errors. |
The northern species of Giant Petrel differs to the Southern Giant Petrel in various ways. The northern species is slightly smaller in size, has a darker brown body and head, pale face, freckled cheeks and a darker yellowish-brown bill with dark marks at the tip. |
Taxon Biology
| Diet and Feeding Diet and feeding details |
Dead and moribund penguins, petrels, eggs and chicks provide the majority of food for these predatory scavengers. Mammal placentas and carcasses at seal pupping grounds are also eaten. |
| Habitat Includes realm (e.g. Terrestrial etc) and climatic information (e.g. Boreal); also includes requirements and tolerances; horizontal and vertical distribution; |
Northern Giant Petrels are found in the Southern Ocean, generally north of the Antarctic Convergence on various islands. Their range at sea overlaps with the Southern Giant Petrel. |
| Breeding biology Reproduction including mating habits, habitat usage in breeding, duration of breeding. |
One white egg is laid during July/August and chicks fledge in February. Juveniles disperse widely, reaching the coasts of Africa and Australia. |
Relationships with other taxa
- is a host of the parasite - Docophoroides murphyi (Kellogg, 1914) (Bird louse) Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Docophoroides hunteri Harrison, 1937: 42 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Eurymetopus murphyi Kellogg, 1914: 87 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Paraclisis obscura (Rudow, 1869) (Bird louse) Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Perineus obscurus Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Lipeurus obscurus Rudow, 1869: 30 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Perineus macronecti Palma and Pilgrim, 1988: 584; Palma and Barker, 1996: 202 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Perineus sp.nov. Watson, 1967: 73 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Perineus sp. (nymph) Watson, 1967: 74 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Perineus circumfasciatus Kéler, 1957 Profile
Traits
| CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier CCAMLR FishLog Database species identifier | MAH |
Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.
| Type | List Name | Description | Status | Basis of Record |
| Antarctic-wide | Antarctic Birds | The definite list of Antarctic birds with status on breeding, vagrant or visitor to the region. | Visitor | Observation |
| Bioregion | Heard Island | includes McDonald Island | Derived (from literature) |