Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
Along with the Southern Giant Petrel, these are the largest petrels. The Northern and Southern were recently split and the colour of the bill tip is the diagnostic feature: Northerns have reddish tips and Southerns greenish. They occur all round the southern oceans and closer to the Antarctic in the summer. The Northern is usually slightly smaller than the Southern.
 


1-2: South Pacific, off Sydney, 14/08/2010.
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