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The pintado petrel has a black head and neck, and a white belly, breast, and its underwing is white with a black border. Its back, and upperwings are black and white speckled, as is its tail which also has a band of black. It is 35–40 cm (14–16 in) long and the wingspan 80–90 cm (31–35 in). Two subspecies are recognised, though intermediates occur: D. c. capense (Linnaeus, 1758) – breeds on circumpolar subantarctic islands, winters at sea north to around the Tropic of Capricorn and locally further north in cold currents (to the Equator around the Galapagos Islands).
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When to see the Pintado Petrel
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pintado Petrel
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil, Colombia, Réunion, Pitcairn Islands.
About the Pintado Petrel
The pintado petrel, 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.
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Easily confused with
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasThis shearwater has broad wings with a brown upperside and white underwings.
Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gaviaThis is a medium to small-sized shearwater with a dark-brown-and-white body.
Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieriThe Sargasso shearwater is on average 30 cm (12 in) in length—about half the size of the great shearwater (Puffinus gravis)—and weigh 170 g.
Side by side: Pintado Petrel vs Streaked Shearwater · Pintado Petrel vs Sargasso Shearwater · Fluttering Shearwater vs Pintado Petrel
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