SOUTHERN FULMAR

Photographed on Eaglehawk pelagic, Tasmania, June 2019

1294                SOUTHERN FULMAR                   Fulmarus glacialoides

AUSTRALIA              777

Inhabits southern oceans, breeds in Antartica where it is a bird of the pack-ice and nearby waters.

SOUTHERN GIANT-PETREL

Photographed on Kiama Pelagic, June 2016

795            SOUTHERN GIANT-PETREL           Macronecteus gigantes

Australia          (639)

Also known as Giant Fulmar, Nelly and Stinker. 80 cm-1 m, wingspan 1.8 - 2.1 m. Breeds in colonies on coasts of Antartica and circumpolar sub-antarctic islands between c. 50 -60 degrees S, incl Macquarie Is. Disperses widely over s. oceans in circumpolar pattern. Immature and sub-adults common winter-spring migrants to Aust coasts n. to beyond Tropic. Most common May-Nov.