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White-chinned Petrel

Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus, 1758 — also called Cape hen, shoemaker. Occurrence records of the White-chinned Petrel are shared on GBIF from around 11 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Lion's Head Hiking Trail (147 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Vulnerable
11reserves with records
285records around them
2provinces
VUIUCN category
White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
Photo: Mjobling · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserveWC Western Cape147
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserveWC Western Cape71
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected areaWC Western Cape25
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserveWC Western Cape24
Island Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape3
Hottentotsholland Nature ReserveNature reserveWC Western Cape3
De Hoop Marine Protected AreaMarine protected areaWC Western Cape3
Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected areaEC Eastern Cape3
Hopewell Private Game ReserveGame reserveEC Eastern Cape2
Rebelsrus Private Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape2
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected areaWC Western Cape2

By province

Western Cape
7 reserves
Eastern Cape
4 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Scientific name
Procellaria aequinoctialis
GBIF taxon
2481495
Wikidata
Q276206

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.