Daption capense (Pintado petrel)
Seeduifstormvoël [Afrikaans]; Kaapse stormvogel [Dutch];
Damier du Cap [French]; Kapsturmvogel [German]; Pintado [Portuguese]
Life
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Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Ciconiiformes
> Family: Procellariidae
Distribution and habitat
Breeds on ice-free areas along the Antarctic coast and on
sub-Antarctic islands, usually below 45° South. In the non-breeding season it
heads north up to about 25° South, including the majority of southern African
waters. Here it is common, especially off the southern and western coasts, while
more scarce in the area east of Mozambique and in the north-western corner of
the region.
Movements and migrations
Non-breeding visitor to southern African
waters, mainly present in the period from May-November, although
occasionally staying throughout summer.
Food
It mainly eats trawler offal and crustaceans, doing most of
its foraging behind ships, seizing prey from the water surface or filtering
crustaceans by pumping water with its tongue through its serrated bill.
Threats
Not threatened.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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