Pintado petrel
| Pintado petrel | |
|---|---|
| Daption capense capense at sea off the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Procellariiformes |
| Family: | Procellariidae |
| Genus: | Daption Stephens, 1826 |
| Species: | D. capense |
| Binomial name | |
| Daption capense | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Procellaria capensis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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.