Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Taxobox
name = Southern Giant Petrel
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1



image_caption = Southern Giant Petrel chick
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Procellariiformes
familia = Procellariidae
genus = "Macronectes"
species = "M. giganteus"
binomial = "Macronectes giganteus"
binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1789)
The Southern Giant Petrel, "Macronectes giganteus", is large seabird from the genus "Macronectes".

Diet

The Southern Giant Petrel is one of the few predators of penguins, mostly their chicks. They mostly eat carrion but sometimes the female will hunt live animals in the ocean.

References

* Brooke, M. (2004). "Albatrosses And Petrels Across The World": Procellariidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK ISBN 0-19-850125-0


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