Cape Gannet {Morus capensis}
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Cape gannet
Cape gannets breed on islands off the coast of Nambia and South Africa. They build their nests out of droppings, with a few bones and feathers mixed in.
Scientific name: Morus capensis ...
Cape Gannet
Africa Bird Guide Information: Unmistakable, large black and white seabird with yellow head and hind neck, at close range with distinctive black lines on bill and face, plus a long black line down centre of throat.
Cape Gannet Morus capensis
Australian Gannet Morus serrator
[edit] Cormorants
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae ...
Cape gannet (Morus capensis)
Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Salvin's albatross (Thalassarche salvini)
Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
Common smoothhound (Mustelus mustelus) ...
On the island of Malgas in South Africa, the biologist Marta de Ponte was the first to discover Great White Pelicans eating Cape Gannet chicks.
South African fur seals feed up to 180 km offshore on pelagic schooling fish such as: sardines, anchovies, mackerel, and hake; as well as cephalopods and crustaceans. They also feed on sea birds occasionally such as: Cape gannets, Cape cormorants, ...
The Northern Gannet is the only member of this family in New England waters and is considered by the author to be a specialty bird of New England. There are two other species of Gannets:: Cape Gannet, and Australasian Gannet.
 See also: Gannet, Northern Gannet, Cormorant, Booby, Great frigatebird
  
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