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Morus capensis · Family Sulidae
Morus capensis
Family Sulidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Sulidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 132,508
- Countries and territories with records
- 29
About this species
This species has 132,508 occurrence records from 29 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (83.2%) and Namibia (14.7%); together they account for 97.9% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Morus capensis combines the genus name Morus with the species epithet capensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Morus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Morus bassanus and Morus serrator.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 10 species of the family Sulidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Morus bassanus. Its record count is 39.1% of the family average (339,265). The family Sulidae belongs to the order Suliformes, which has 48 species in the Warbla app catalog.