Macronectes
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Procellariidae
Genus: Macronectes
Species: M. giganteus – M. halli
Species extincta: †M. tinae
Name
[edit]Macronectes Richmond, 1905
Synonymy
[edit]- Ossifraga Hombron and Jacquinot, 1844, nom. inval. (preoccupied; non Ossifraga N. Wood, 1835, = Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809)
References
[edit]- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18: 76.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Giant Petrels
- suomi: Isomyrskyliitäjät
- slovenščina: Veleviharniki
- svenska: Jättestormfåglar