Cape Gannet

Cape Gannet

Cape Gannet is a bird . It has 6 feet long wings. They catching fish in the water. They using mainly a flap-gliding technique

Breeding biology

Cape Gannets begin breeding in August or September. Typically the clutch is a single bluish egg, which soon becomes soiled. Both parents are actively involved in the incubation process which lasts for 42 to 46 days until hatching. Gannets use their foot webs to incubate the egg.

Similar Species

 The Cape Gannet is also very similar to the Northern Gannet, but the latter differs from its entirely white tail and its wings, which are only black at the tip. It also is similar to the Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) and was formerly placed in the genus Sula.

Feeding

Cape Gannets are powerful fliers, using mainly a flap-gliding technique, which is more energy consuming than the dynamic-soaring favoured by albatrosses. As all Sulids, they are fish-eating birds that plunge-dive from considerable height.

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