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| Northern giant portrait, profile, head detail. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen. Image ID: 23679 Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Prion in flight. Image ID: 24686 Species: Prion, Pachyptila Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean | Pintado petrel in flight. Image ID: 24693 Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove. Image ID: 25027 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean | White nellie, the white morph of the southern giant petrel. Southern giant petrel in flight. Image ID: 23678 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen. Image ID: 23681 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Northern giant petrel scavenging a fur seal carcass. Giant petrels will often feed on carrion, defending it in a territorial manner from other petrels and carrion feeders. Image ID: 23683 Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seal carcass, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal. Image ID: 24327 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Fin whale. Image ID: 24706 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Pintado petrel in flight. Image ID: 24707 Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean | Prion in flight. Image ID: 24708 Species: Prion, Pachyptila Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean | Prion in flight. Image ID: 24709 Species: Prion, Pachyptila Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Antarctic fur seal carcass, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal. Image ID: 24353 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Antarctic fur seal carcass and skeletal remains of giant petrel, lying on pebble beach. Dead fur seals are quickly scavenged by giant petrels, leaving the pelt and skeleton of the dead fur seal. Image ID: 24331 Species: Antarctic Fur Seal, Arctocephalus gazella Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Southern giant petrel in flight at dusk, after sunset, as it soars over the open ocean in search of food. Image ID: 23680 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen. Image ID: 23682 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Northern giant petrel in flight at dusk, after sunset, as it soars over the open ocean in search of food. Image ID: 23686 Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Southern giant petrel in flight at dusk, after sunset, as it soars over the open ocean in search of food. Image ID: 24013 Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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| Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen. Image ID: 24024 Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Prions in flight, gathering on the open sea in a feeding aggregation. Prions are small petrel birds, typically feeding on small crustacea such as copepods, ostracods, decapods, and krill, as well as some fish. They are about 12" in length. Image ID: 24091 Species: Prion, Pachyptila Location: Southern Ocean | Northern giant petrel on pebble beach. Image ID: 24348 Species: Northern giant petrel, Macronectes halli Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island |
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| Pintado petrel, in flight. Image ID: 24364 Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense Location: South Georgia Island | Pintado petrel, in flight. Image ID: 24365 Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense Location: South Georgia Island | Pintado petrel in flight. Image ID: 24730 Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Pintado petrel in flight. Image ID: 24731 Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean | Pintado petrel in flight. Image ID: 24933 Species: Pintado petrel, Daption capense Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean | Southern giant petrel kills and eats an Adelie penguin chick, Shingle Cove. Image ID: 25180 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean |
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| Southern giant petrel in flight. The distinctive tube nose (naricorn), characteristic of species in the Procellariidae family (tube-snouts), is easily seen. Image ID: 23677 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Southern giant petrel in flight, soaring over the open ocean. This large seabird has a wingspan up to 80" from wing-tip to wing-tip. Image ID: 23684 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | Southern giant petrel in flight at dusk, after sunset, as it soars over the open ocean in search of food. Image ID: 23685 Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus Location: Falkland Islands, United Kingdom |
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