Re: Request: petrels - cape pigeons1.jpg

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Subject:	Re: Request: petrels - cape pigeons1.jpg
Poster:	Martin Kramer (mkramer@wxs.nl)

MKramer-Cape pigeons1-Cape Petrels-flock on wave.jpg

File size : 50488 bytes File date : 1999:03:15 09:00:00 Resolution: 480x360 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 19:32:42 GMT

Re: Request: petrels - cape_pigeons1.jpg

kwelch@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (Kevin C Welch) wrote:

>Looking for some pictures of petrels. Thanks!

Cape Pigeon (Cape Petrel, Pintado Petrel) (Daption capense)

Cape Petrel, Daption capense, 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. It is also sometimes known as the Cape Fulmar, Cape Pigeon, or Pintado Petrel. The Cape Petrel has two subspecies, Daption capense capense and Daption capense australe.

Martin Kramer

mkramer@wxs.nl
http://home.wxs.nl/~mkramer/

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