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title: "Pintado Petrel"
description: "Daption capense — Birds. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pintado-petrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pintado Petrel

> Daption capense — Birds. 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.

- Scientific name: *Daption capense*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast), `arctic` (Arctic)
- iNaturalist observations: 2767
- Wikidata: [Q524740](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524740)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4168](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4168)

## Names

- en: Pintado Petrel
- de: Kapsturmvogel
- es: Petrel damero
- fr: Damier du Cap
- nl: Kaapse stormvogel
- pt: Pomba-do-cabo / pintado
- pl: Warcabnik

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (496), GS (48), TF (33), AU (24), CL (18), AR (13), ZA (11), FK (3), UY (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pintado_petrel

## Photo

![Pintado Petrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pintado-petrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erik Schiff · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328099753

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pintado-petrel?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).