Giant petrels form a genus, Macronectes, from the family Procellariidae, which consists of two living and one extinct species. They are the largest birds... 22 KB (2,015 words) - 22:35, 6 April 2024 |
The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of... 24 KB (2,436 words) - 23:15, 9 May 2024 |
The northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli), also known as Hall's giant petrel, is a large, predatory seabird of the southern oceans. Its range overlaps... 14 KB (1,344 words) - 05:26, 9 May 2024 |
Miocene. The huge giant petrels, genus Macronectes, which are convergent with the albatrosses The true fulmars, genus Fulmarus Antarctic petrel Thalassoica... 7 KB (762 words) - 05:19, 22 April 2024 |
Procellariidae (redirect from Burrowing petrels) the storm petrels. The procellariids are the most numerous family of tubenoses, and the most diverse. They range in size from the giant petrels with a wingspan... 76 KB (8,653 words) - 03:16, 10 May 2024 |
The passage hosts whales, dolphins, and seabirds including giant petrels, other petrels, albatrosses, and penguins. The presence of the Drake Passageway... 24 KB (2,628 words) - 01:02, 17 April 2024 |
Albatross (redirect from Giant Albatross) Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely... 69 KB (7,860 words) - 11:48, 11 May 2024 |
Northern fiscal Northern flicker Northern fulmar Northern gannet Northern giant petrel Northern golden bulbul Northern goshawk Northern grey-headed sparrow... 267 KB (28,690 words) - 11:26, 10 April 2024 |
fulmarine petrels, gadfly petrels, and prions) are a varied group of small or medium-sized seabirds, the largest being the giant petrels. They are heavy... 77 KB (8,835 words) - 03:00, 10 May 2024 |
Northern storm petrels are seabirds in the genus Hydrobates in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. The family was once lumped... 39 KB (4,019 words) - 07:08, 14 April 2024 |
storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), also known as British storm petrel, or just storm petrel, is a species of seabird in the northern storm petrel family... 62 KB (6,551 words) - 03:44, 10 May 2024 |
emperor penguin's predators include birds and aquatic mammals. Southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) are the predominant land predator of chicks... 68 KB (8,181 words) - 05:03, 8 March 2024 |
healthy gentoo penguins exist. Skuas and giant petrels regularly kill many chicks and steal eggs; petrels kill injured and sick adult gentoos. Various... 24 KB (2,503 words) - 11:44, 25 April 2024 |
diving-petrel Southern giant petrel Northern giant petrel Southern fulmar Cape petrel Kerguelen petrel Great-winged petrel White-headed petrel Blue petrel Broad-billed... 10 KB (803 words) - 13:24, 28 April 2022 |
petrels, and the giant petrels. They are extremely common seabirds with an estimated population of around 2 million.[citation needed] The Cape petrel... 13 KB (1,249 words) - 11:30, 5 March 2024 |
northern giant petrel, Antarctic petrel, blue petrel, soft-plumaged petrel, Kerguelen petrel, white-headed petrel, fairy prion, white-chinned petrel, great... 62 KB (5,424 words) - 15:03, 5 May 2024 |
(A) Northern giant-petrel, Macronectes halli (A) Southern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides (A) Cape petrel, Daption capense (A) Gould's petrel, Pterodroma... 24 KB (2,538 words) - 12:35, 14 October 2023 |
Fossils of fulmarine petrels dating back to the Upper Miocene have been found in Menorca. Macronectes halli, northern giant petrel, located in the southern... 4 KB (415 words) - 07:01, 14 April 2024 |
southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), Cape petrel (Daption capense), snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), the small Wilson's storm-petrel (Oceanites... 6 KB (646 words) - 15:18, 11 December 2023 |
southern/northern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus/halli), Fea's/Desertas petrel (Pterodroma feae/desertas), black-bellied/white-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta... 136 KB (3,550 words) - 21:28, 25 March 2024 |
forfeit their catches to the considerably larger and very aggressive giant petrels. Skuas have also been observed to directly pilfer milk from the elephant... 13 KB (980 words) - 04:59, 9 March 2024 |
tank that could dig itself into the ground Nelly, a nickname for the Giant Petrel, a large seabird "Nelly" or "swish", a slang term for effeminate behaviour... 2 KB (233 words) - 08:14, 23 February 2023 |