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Encyclopedia > Jamaica Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pterodroma
Species: hasitata
Binomial name
Pterodroma hasitata
(Kuhl, 1820)

The Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. It is also known as the Diabolin. The extinct Jamaica Petrel was a dark form of this bird.


The Black-capped Petrel breeds on cliffs in the mountains of Haiti. It was formerly much more widespread in the West Indies. It is an uncommon but regular visitor to the southeastern USA, and an extremely rare wanderer to western Europe.


This seabird is nocturnal at the breeding sites to avoid predation by gulls. Like most petrels, its walking ability is limited to a short shuffle to the burrow.


This long-winged petrel has a grey-brown back and wings, with a white nape and rump. Underparts are mainly white apart from a black eye patch and some dark underwing makings. It picks planktonic food items from the ocean surface.


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Jamaica Petrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (119 words)
The Jamaica Petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea) is (or was) a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.
It is related to the Black-capped Petrel P.
However, it cannot yet be classified as extinct because nocturnal petrels are notoriously difficult to record, and it may conceivably occur on Dominica and Guadeloupe.
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