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title: "Zuidelijke reuzenstormvogel"
description: "Macronectes giganteus — Vogels. The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-giant-petrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zuidelijke reuzenstormvogel

> Macronectes giganteus — Vogels. The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans.

- Scientific name: *Macronectes giganteus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust), `arctic` (Poolgebied)
- iNaturalist observations: 4498
- Wikidata: [Q276185](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276185)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4198](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4198)

## Names

- en: Southern Giant Petrel
- de: Riesensturmvogel
- es: Petrel gigante
- fr: Pétrel géant
- nl: Zuidelijke reuzenstormvogel
- pt: Petrel-gigante
- pl: Petrelec olbrzymi

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1368), CL (559), GS (152), AU (128), FK (108), UY (91), NZ (55), TF (27), ZA (24), BR (18), SH (15), TA (15)

## Summary

The southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), also known as the Antarctic giant petrel, giant fulmar, stinker, and stinkpot, is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar northern giant petrel, though it overall is centered slightly further south. Adults of the two species can be distinguished by the colour of their bill-tip: greenish in the southern and reddish in the northern.

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

## Photo

![Zuidelijke reuzenstormvogel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-giant-petrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200867331

## Machine access

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