The giant petrel forms a genus called Macronocytes from the Psei Laridae family, which consists of two species. The giant petrel is the largest bird in this family. Both species are confined to the...
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The Northern giant petrel, scientific name Macronectes halli in the north, also known as Hall's giant petrel, is a large hunting marine bird in the Southern Ocean. Its distribution overlaps widely,...
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Cape petrel, scientific name, Daption capense, also known as Cape Pigeon, Pintado Petrel, or Cape Fulmer, a common sea bird in the South Ocean from the Procellariidae family. It is the only member of...
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The Southern Giant Petrel, a scientific name Macronectes giganteus, also known as the Antarctic Giant Petrel, Giant Fulmer, Stinky, and Stinkpot, is a huge sea bird in the Southern Ocean. Its...
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Snow Petrel, the scientific name Pagodroma nivea is interestingly one of three bird species breeding in Antarctica. Snow Petrel has a population of about 4 million adult birds and therefore does not...
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Antarctic petrel, the scientific name Thalassoica antarctica is a boldly identified dark brown and white petrel found in Antarctica, commonly found in the Ross and Waddell seas. Antarctic krill,...
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Despite its small size and seemingly weak aircraft, the storm petrel bird is at home on the sea route, while flying over the waves. It also travels great distances from the Antarctic to the edge of...
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The Ashy Storm Petrel, scientific name, Oceanodroma homochroa is a small, scarce marine bird in the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. Ashy Storm Petrel colonizes colonies on islands off the coast of...
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The European Storm Petrel, the British Storm Petrel or the Just Storm Petrel, scientific name Hydrobates pelagicus is a marine bird in the Northern Storm Petrel family, Hydrobatidae. It is the only...
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The white faced storm petrel, scientific name Pelagodroma marina, also known as the white-faced petrel, is a small sea bird in the Ocean Storm petrel Ocean. It is the only member of the monotypic...
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