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Threatened species of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Eight of the listed species are known to be declining, with a further species stable; all of them are birds: see the table below.

Threatened and declining species of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Is (as of October 2007)
Group Common name Scientific name More information
Birds Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Light-mantled (Sooty) Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys

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