Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cape petrel
Daption capense
photo by FAO

Family:  Procellariidae ()
Max. size:  40 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 441.0 g
Environment:  others; marine
Distribution:  Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Antarctic. Subtropical to polar.
Diagnosis:  Culmen: 1.58 cm; tarsus: 1.83 cm; wing: 26.0 cm.
Biology:  Total Length: 38 to 40 cm; Wingspan: 81 to 91 cm (Ref. 8812). Circumpolar (Ref. 91362). Found over open-water (Ref. 356). Follows ships. A gregarious species; noisy and quarrelsome when feeding on ship galley waste (Ref. 91362). Exhibits surface-seizing, foot paddling and pattering (Ref. 356). Breeds colonially (Ref. 91362).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 07 August 2018 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:  C: Ref. 84934.

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