Southern Giant Petrel

• GeneralA scavenger at penguin and seal colonies; its wingspan reaches 2 m.
• alimentaciónIt eats both carrion and live prey, other seabirds' chicks included, and behaves more like a predator than most of its petrel relatives.
• It is the only seabird of the Southern Ocean able to open the skin of a dead seal by itself: its hooked, massive bill gives it access to a resource no other species can exploit unaided.
• It defends itself and attacks by spitting a rancid stomach oil several metres: on another seabird that oil mats the plumage and can be fatal through loss of waterproofing.
• Males and females divide up the resources: the males dominate carcasses on land and the females feed more at sea, a segregation that reduces competition within the pair.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

The Southern Ocean; it breeds on subantarctic islands and on the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula

Sexual maturity

6.7 years

Gestation / incubation

60 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

1 egg

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macronectes_giganteus

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.