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Species
Least ConcernCape petrel
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyProcellariidae
Habitatmarine
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Mass
- 424
- Image
- Daption capense -west of Falkland Islands-8.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Daption capense
- taxon name
- Daption capense
- Commons gallery
- Daption capense
- wingspan
- 86
- egg incubation period
- 45
- litter size
- 1
- taxon range
- Antarctica
- taxon common name
- Cape Petrel
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
The pintado petrel (Daption capense), 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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pintado Petrel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.