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title: "Northern Giant Petrel"
description: "Macronectes halli — Uccelli. The northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli), also known as Hall's giant petrel, is a large, predatory seabird of the southern oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/northern-giant-petrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Giant Petrel

> Macronectes halli — Uccelli. The northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli), also known as Hall's giant petrel, is a large, predatory seabird of the southern oceans.

- Scientific name: *Macronectes halli*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2971
- Wikidata: [Q276212](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276212)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4197](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4197)

## Names

- en: Northern Giant Petrel
- de: Hallsturmvogel
- es: Petrel gigante oscuro
- fr: Pétrel de Hall
- nl: Noordelijke reuzenstormvogel
- pt: Petrel-grande-do-norte / pardelão-gigante-nortenho
- pl: Petrelec wielki

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (742), GS (241), AU (149), TF (136), CL (93), AR (80), ZA (37), UY (28), SH (8), TA (8), FK (3)

## Summary

The northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli), also known as Hall's giant petrel, is a large, predatory seabird of the southern oceans. Its range overlaps broadly with the range of the related southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), albeit slightly further to the north.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_giant_petrel

## Photo

![Northern Giant Petrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-giant-petrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160915808

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-giant-petrel?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).