BirdUp · Species
Pintado Petrel
Daption capense(Linnaeus, 1758)
Native
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Daption
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The pintado petrel, also called the Cape petrel, or Cape fulmar, is a common seabird of the Southern Ocean from the family Procellariidae. It is the only member of the genus Daption, and is allied to the fulmarine petrels and the giant petrels. It is an abundant seabird, with an estimated population of around 2 million.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- SO, AN : subantarctic and Antarctic is. and coasts
- Non-breeding range
- To tropics in cold waters of Benguela Current of south Africa, south Australasia and Humboldt Current of South America north to Ecuador and south Brazil
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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