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Macronectes halli

Northern Giant-Petrel

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Northern Giant-Petrel, Northern Giant-Fulmar, Hall's Giant-Petrel, Nelly and Stinker; German Hallsturmvogel

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Vagrant, Non-breeder; Marine, pelagic, nest on Land

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912
SYNONYMS: Macronectes giganteus halli

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); TETRAPODA; AVES; NEORNITHES; Procellariiformes; PROCELLARIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: live specimen, 9/1997, Junior Papa, Titikaveka, ID GM +G.Turbott +M.Imber as juv. M.halli; dead specimen, 27/8/1998, Jolene Bosanquet, Titikaveka beach, ID M.Imber as juv. M.halli. Mauke: specimen, July 1970, ID by who? Aitutaki: mounted-specimen+photo, 1985, obs+ID GM, reddish bill-tip, juv. M. halli.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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