Black-capped Petrel
Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl, 1820)
Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Black-capped Petrel, Pterodroma hasitata, is a seabird of the Atlantic and Caribbean, breeding in montane Hispaniola and Dominica, with possible breeding also in Cuba and Jamaica. It nests in burrows in remote highland areas, and the breeding forms are known as black-faced and white-faced. Outside the breeding season it ranges through the Caribbean Sea, and also reaches Gulf Stream waters from southern Canada to North Carolina and continental shelf waters as far south as Florida. It is a member of the petrel family and was described by Kuhl in 1820.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
- Breeding range
- Atlantic Ocean: montane Hispaniola ("Black-faced") and Dominica ("White-faced"), perhaps also se Cuba and ne Jamaica; extinct as a breeder Guadeloupe
- Nonbreeding range
- to Gulf Stream off s Canada to North Carolina and continental shelf waters to Florida and throughout Caribbean Sea
