Southern Giant Petrel
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Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Royal National Park
1 Verified records at Royal National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Royal National Park

Northern Giant Petrel
LC

Northern Giant Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Macronectes halli

<5% · Rare
Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus pacificus

<5% · Rare
Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus tenuirostris

<5% · Rare
Fluttering Shearwater
LC

Fluttering Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus gavia

<5% · Rare
Fairy Prion
LC

Fairy Prion

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pachyptila turtur

Insufficient data
Hutton's Shearwater
EN

Hutton's Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus huttoni

Insufficient data
White-necked Petrel
VU

White-necked Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterodroma cervicalis

Insufficient data
Flesh-footed Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus carneipes

Insufficient data
Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus griseus

Insufficient data
Black-browed Albatross
LC

Black-browed Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassarche melanophris

<5% · Rare
Shy Mollymawk
NT

Shy Mollymawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassarche cauta

<5% · Rare
Antipodean Albatross
EN

Antipodean Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Diomedea antipodensis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Southern Giant Petrel at Royal National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
70–80%
2 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
10–20%
3 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
4 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
5 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
6 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
7 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
9 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
10 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
11 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
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