What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Northern Giant-Petrel been recorded?

Macronectes halli occurrence evidence comes from 138 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1935 to 2026. Most records come from New Zealand.

Northern Giant-Petrel
Northern Giant-Petrel — Photo (display-sized rendition): Liam Quinn from Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaeMacronectes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

138 records across 10 countries and territories, 1935–2026.

Macronectes halli · GBIF taxon key 2481516

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19352026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Northern Giant-Petrel has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Northern Giant-Petrel. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
New Zealand 56
Australia 24
South Georgia 23
Argentina 17
Antarctica 5
Chile 3
ZZ 2
Brazil 1
Falkland Islands 1
South Africa 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.