Both species are restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, and though their distributions overlap greatly with both species breeding on the Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Island and South Georgia, many Southern Giant Petrel nest further south, with colonies as far south as Antarctica.
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There appears to be a subgroup within the family consisting of the giant petrels, the members of Fulmarus, the Antarctic Petrel, and the Snow Petrel.