Black-capped Petrel
Pterodroma hasitata (Kuhl, 1820)
BLCPE 
290
Family: Procellariiformes > Procellariidae
Despite breeding only on the Caribbean island of Haiti, one was found exhausted and disorientated in the middle of Norfolk in 1850. Its remains are held by Castle Museum in Norwich.
A second individual was found as a tide-line corpse in Yorkshire in 1984.
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BTO RECORDS
BTO RECORDS
Identification
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Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.
CONSERVATION STATUS
This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global) |
Endangered 
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| Schedule 1 license required (to disturb) | No |
| Birds Directive Annex 1 | No |
POPULATION SIZE
We have no population estimates for this scarce species.
| BOU Category | A |
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First Record
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Norfolk, 1850 |
Movement
Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.
RINGING RECOVERIES
View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.
Biology
Lifecycle and body size information about Black-capped Petrel, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.
PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING
Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.
CODES & CLASSIFICATION
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Field Codes
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5-letter code: BLCPE | Euring: 290 |
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Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com
- Conservation of the dark-rumped petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia of the Galápagos Islands, 1982-1991
- Rat control and breeding performance in Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea): effects of poisoning effort and habitat features
- Mortality of adult Gould's petrels Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera at the nesting site on Cabbage Tree Island, New South Wales
Read more studies about Black-capped Petrel on Conservation Evidence >
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