Northern Giant Petrel

Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912

Northern Giant Petrel, Macronectes halli, is a petrel of the Southern Ocean, breeding on islands north of the Antarctic Convergence from South Georgia to Macquarie, Stewart, Chatham, Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell islands. Outside the breeding season it is widespread across the southern oceans, mostly north of the Antarctic Convergence. It was first described by Mathews in 1912. A member of Procellariiformes and the family Procellariidae, it is a large seabird with a grey-brown body, paler forehead, face sides and chin, plus a pinkish yellow bill with a brown tip.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Southern Ocean: islands n of Antarctic Convergence from South Georgia to Macquarie (far se of Australia) and Stewart, Chatham (e of South I.), Antipodes (se of Stewart I.), and Auckland and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand)

Nonbreeding range

widespread in all s oceans mostly n of Antarctic Convergence