Title

Southern giant petrel

Caption

Southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) takes off for a flight from the sea, South Atlantic off the coast of South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica

Date

Nov 12, 2018

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Andreas Alexander

Reference

BRK19E61_472

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.2Mb (2.4Mb) / 20.4in x 13.6in / 6105 x 4074 (300dpi)

Keywords

Antarctic Antarctic giant petrel Antarctica Arctic Aves Bird Birds British overseas territories British overseas territory Giant fulmar Macronectes giganteus No People Procellariid Procellariidae Procellariids South Georgia South Georgia Island South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Pole Southern giant petrel Southern giant petrels animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild aquatic bird behavior behaviour bird photography coast coastal area coastal areas coastal region coasts fauna flap flap wings flapping wings flaps flaps wings habitat in water natural environment natural environments natural habitat nature no one nobody ocean oceans outspread sea seabird seabirds south atlantic spread out spread wing spreading out spreading wing spreads out start starting starts stroke of wing swim swimming swims water bird water birds waterfowl wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography wing wing beat wings withdraw withdrawing withdraws Atlantic Atlantic Ocean