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title: "Chile’s Isla Noir supports 1750 breeding pairs of Southern Giant Petrels"
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# Chile’s Isla Noir supports 1750 breeding pairs of Southern Giant Petrels

Manuel Marin ([Feather Link Inc](http://www.featherlink.org/)., Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.) has published in the open-access journal [*Marine Ornithology*](http://www.marineornithology.org)on aspects of Southern Giant Petrels *Macronectes giganteus* in Chile.

 The paper’s abstract follows:

 Here I review the current knowledge of the breeding status of the Southern Giant Petrel *Macronectes giganteus* in Chile and provide new data on the population at Isla Noir in the Región de Magallanes. Breeding numbers on Isla Noir are approximately six times greater than previously reported for the entire country, including all offshore islands except for the Diego Ramirez Archipelago, for which information is sparse. Here, I also describe the nests and eggs of this species found in Isla Noir, as well as feeding behavior, including consumption of carrion but also active hunting in penguin colonies. Only the Southern Giant Petrel, and not the Northern Giant Petrel *M. halli*, has been seen within Chilean fiords and nearshore waters.

 ![Southern Giant Petrel Gough Island by John Cooper](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Petrels/S/Southern_Giant/Southern_Giant_Petrel_Gough_Island_by_John_Cooper.jpg) 

 Southern Giant Petrel, photograph by John Cooper

 **Reference:**

 Marin, M. 2018. Breeding of the Southern Giant Petrel *Macronectes giganteus* in southern Chile. [*Marine Ornithology*46: 57-60](http://www.marineornithology.org/content/get.cgi?rn=1249).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 04 April 2018*