Black-capped Petrel
Pterodroma hasitata(Kuhl, H, 1820)
English (US) Black-capped Petrel
The Black-capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: breeds montane Hispaniola ("Black-faced") and Dominica ("White-faced"), perhaps also southeastern Cuba and northeastern Jamaica; extinct as a breeder Guadeloupe; ranges to Gulf Stream off southern Canada to North Carolina and throughout CaribbeanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pterodroma hasitata
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Black-capped Petrel
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria hasitata
- Described by
- (Kuhl, H, 1820)
- Type locality
- no locality.
- Original description
- Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie 1 p.142
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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