NEW ZEALAND's BIRDS
Cape Petrel
Daption capense australe
(Photo: Dennis Buurman)
Breeding areas
Antarctic mainland and many antarctic and subantarctic islands. Macquarie, Heard and Peter I Is; Palmer Archipelago; S.Shetland, S.Orkney, S.Sandwich and Balleny Is; Crozet and Kerguelen Is; Bouvetoya I; S.Georgia
Breeding season
August to March
Dispersal migration
Ranges around Southern seas as far north as the Tropic of Capricorn. Regularly beach-wrecked.
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