📸 PhotoPhoto: Brocken Inaglory · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Source
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus (Southern Giant Petrel · オオフルマカモメ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 4.7 kg is slightly lighter than a 5 kg bag of rice.
- 💡 Its wingspan of 2.05 m is almost equal to the height of a room door (about 2 m).
- 💡 Listed on Appendix II of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), it is a target of international conservation cooperation (SeaLifeBase).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Southern Giant Petrel is a large seabird living in the seas around Antarctica. It occurs both along coasts and in pack-ice zones.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is large, with a total length of 86–99 cm and a wingspan of 185–205 cm. Its culmen has been measured at 3.32 cm, its tarsus at 2.65 cm, and its wing length at 53.5 cm.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
A scavenger that feeds on carrion, it obtains food by surface seizing, plunging, or diving. Because its population can double in less than 15 months, it is assessed as having high resilience.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22697852/132608499
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 132608499
- • wikidata.org — Q276185
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Giant petrel with chicks.jpg
- • sealifebase.se — 73783
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Alexandre Vong · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Macronectes halli)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.