Southern Giant Petrel

Where and when it's recorded

Southern Giant Petrel has been recorded at 133 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Sea Lion IslandFalkland Islands1,431 records
2. Kaikoura – offshore – Albatross Encounter pelagicNew Zealand1,102 records
3. Cape PembrokeFalkland Islands1,047 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Falkland IslandsArgentinaSouth Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsAntarcticaNew ZealandChileAustraliaUruguay

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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