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| Photographed on Kiama Pelagic, June 2016 |
789 CAPE PETREL Daption capense
Australia (633)
Also known as Cape Pigeon. Follows ships, in some places gathers near shore to feed on offal at sewerage outfalls. Breeds widely on coasts of Antartica and many Antarctic and sub-antarctic Islands, incl. NZ. Circumpolar dispersal through s. oceans to beyond tropic Capricorn. Regular, fairly common winter and spring.
