PETREl 

ORDER: PROCELLARIIFORMES

FAMILY: PROCELLARIIDAE

Petrel is found only in the Pacific and very rare in the Caribbean rarely seen from shore. Follow ships. They go on solitary flocks It is not known how long they live. They have tubes in their nostrils that secret salt. They have a short bill.

Petrel se encuentra en el Pacífico raramente en el Caribe. Sigue a los barcos. Andan en bandadas solitarias y no se conoce cuanto tiempo viven tanto los Petrel como los Pardela. Tienen tubos en las narices que escretan sal y tienen pico corto

CAPE PETREL

Name in Spanish: Damero del Cabo

Size/Tamaño: 16 in | 40 cm 
Location: Pacific Ocean but uncommon 
Altura: Sea Level and in reproductive period between 1500 - 2300 m
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Daption capense, Cape petrel, Damero del Cabo

Daption capense

MALE ♂︎

Cape Petrel, Damero del Cabo
Daption capense
Species of the family Procellariidae to photograph 
Species de la familia Procellariidae por fotografiar

Scientific
Name
Name in
Spanish
Name in
English
Pterodroma hasitata Petrel Antillano Black-capped Petrel
Pterodroma phaeopygia Petrel Ecuatoriano Galapagos Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni Pardela de Parkinson Parkinson's Petrel
Procellaria westlandica Pardela de Westland Westland Petrel
Calonectris diomedea Pardela Cenicienta Cory’s Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica Pardela Colicuña Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna griseus Pardela Oscura Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna creatopus Pardela Patirrosada Pink-footed Shearwater
Ardenna nativitatis Pardela de la Christmas Christmas Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus Pardela Pintada Manx Shearwater
Puffinus lherminieri Pardela de Audubon Audubon’s Shearwater
Puffinus subalaris Pardela de los Galapagos Galapagos Shearwater