Southern Giant Petrel

The bird breeds in the southern summer on the subantartic idlands and the coast of Antartica, building nests on flat sheltered ground. They breed annually raising a single chick.

Southern Giant Petrels are mostly scavengers living on dead birds and animals, although they also hunt fish, smaller birds and various species of marine life.

Seaman nick-named the bird the "nellie" or the "stinker" because when threatened it spits regurgitated food at its attacker.