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Home  >> Birds of New Zealand >> Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Species: Macronectes giganteus

Breeding areas
S.Georgia, Marion, Macquarie and Heard Is; S.Shetland and S.Orkney Is; Crozet Is and on islands off Antarctica
Breeding season
August to April
Dispersal migration
Common visitor to NZ coastal waters

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