Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)

Cape Gannet (Sula capensis) - HBW 1, p. 323

French: Fou du Cap German: Kaptölpel Spanish: Alcatraz del Cabo

Taxonomy: Dysporus capensis Lichtenstein, 1823, Cape of Good Hope.
Sometimes considered subspecies of S. bassana; alternatively considered to form superspecies with S. bassana and S. serrator; all three sometimes partitioned off in genus Morus (see page 312). Hybridization recorded with S. serrator. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds coasts of South Africa and Namibia; winters along African coasts, on W to Gulf of Guinea, on E to Mozambique, exceptionally to Kenya.