This is an immense petrel, Length: 85 -100 cm (33.5 - 39.4 inches) Wingspan 150 - 210 cm ( 59.1 - 82.7 inches), the size of an albatross, is a scavenger of carrion, and often seen around Falklands settlement waste areas and will follow ships for refuse. They will kill injured birds and take penguin eggs and chicks.
A Falklands resident breeding in small numbers, in colonies on some off-shore islands. Lays a single white egg late in October. Breeds on South Georgia and other sub-Antarctic islands in that area, also the Antarctic Peninsular and South America to 30°S.

Sources include: Falkland Islands State of the Environment Report 2008 Otley H, Munro G, Clausen A, Ingham B. A Field Guide to the Wildlife of The Falkland Islands and South Georgia - Ian J Strange, Guide to Birds of the Falkland Islands- Robin W. Woods.

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