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.
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.
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
Field Codes | 5-letter code: BLCPE | Euring: 290 |
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