Cape petrel
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Cape petrel ( Daption capense ) |
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The Cape Petrel ( Daption capense ) is a relatively well-known bird in the petrel family .
With a total weight of 250-300 g, a body length of 36 cm and a wing span of 89 cm, the Cape petrel is more of a small petrel. It has broad wings and a short round tail, as well as white and black markings on the upper wing-coverts and two large white spots on each wing. The head, chin, the sides of the neck and the back are colored black.
The Cape Petrel is a common sight when following in flocks of ships sailing in the southern oceans. In the southern winter it can be found in the cold Humboldt Current off the west coast of South America and in the Benguelen Current off the African west coast in search of krill as far as the tropics. Carrion is also part of his diet.
The young birds hatch after a breeding period of 40 to 50 days and are sexually mature after about 3 years. However, it usually takes 6 years until the first successful brood. Cape petrels can live to be around 18 years old.
distribution
It is distributed over the southern oceans from Antarctica to the Tropic of Capricorn . It breeds on the Antarctic mainland and on sub-Antarctic islands such as Kerguelen or Heard as well as on islands around New Zealand such as on the east side of North East Island in the Snares Islands . In the open sea, it is often seen on the Drake Passage and on the Scotia Sea .
literature
- Christian Walther: ANTARCTICA . Conrad-Stein-Verlag, May 2018.
Web links
- Daption capense in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed January 30 of 2009.
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Daption capense in the Internet Bird Collection
- Cape petrel feathers
Individual evidence
- ^ Galapagos of the Southern Ocean from Dunedin | Polar cruises. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Christian Walther: ANTARCTICA . 10th edition. Conrad-Stein-Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86686-965-3 , p. 255 .