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genus

Macronectes Richmond, 1905

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Aves - birds »  order Procellariiformes - tubenoses »  family Procellariidae - petrels, shearwaters and diving petrels

Scientific synonyms

Ossifraga Hombron & Jacquinot, 1844
Ossifragus G.R. Gray, 1855

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Included taxa

Number of records: 3

species Macronectes giganteus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus

species Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912 - Northern Giant Petrel

Macronectes halli


Fossil taxa

species Macronectes tinae Tennyson & Salvador, 2023 †

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [b63ba24c-e322-49f6-bb82-7b70280e492f]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Macronectes Richmond, 1905]
Data retrieved on: 6 February 2015
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1301200]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Macronectes Richmond, 1905]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
EN Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Macronectes Richmond, 1905]
Data retrieved on: 22 April 2021
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† extinct taxon



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