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Cape gannet

Sula capensis

Photo by Fanie
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-32.0904, 18.3033

Field Notes

Description:

One of only 6 breeding colonies in South Africa and Namibia.

Habitat:

Islands just of the coast.

Notes:

This breeding colony started in the early 1910's with only a handful of birds. By the 1950's it increased to 4000 and today it is more than 12000.

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Cape Gannet

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