Galapagos Species Database
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Macronectes halli
Petrel gigante del norte, Northern Giant Petrel
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Macronectes
Species
halli
Taxon category: Accepted
"Macronectes sp. (either Southern Giant-Petrel, Macronectes giganteus, or Northern Giant-Petrel, Macronectes halli). One carcass, dead for a long time, found in April 1978 on Pinta Island, and not identified to species (Harris 1981in Wiedenfeld 2006)".
Origin: Native
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1981) La avifauna de Galápagos. In: Eberhardt, U. (ed.): Compendio de ciencia en Galápagos. Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 261-282.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Macronectes halli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5114. Accessed 15 December 2025.