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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Brooke, M. de L. 2004. Albatrosses and Petrels Across the World. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	B2ab(ii,iii,v)	B2ab(ii,iii,v); C2a(i); D2

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Endangered	B2ab(ii,iii,v)
2016	Endangered	B2ab(ii,iii,v)
2012	Endangered	B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2010	Endangered	B2a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2008	Endangered	B2a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v)
2007	Endangered
2004	Endangered
2000	Endangered
1996	Endangered
1994	Endangered
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	9,060,000 km2	medium
Area of Occupancy (breeding/resident)	20 km2	poor
Number of locations	5	-
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	1000-2000 mature individuals	medium	estimated	2004
Population trend	decreasing	poor	estimated	1965-2010
Generation length	16 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	2-100	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The population is estimated as no more than 1,000 breeding pairs, perhaps as few as 500, and a total population of 2,000–4,000 birds.

Trend justification: The population undoubtedly declined through the 19th and 20th centuries during which time breeding populations on Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique may have been entirely extirpated. This decline is thought to have continued during recent years but requires confirmation.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Anguilla (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Antigua and Barbuda	extant	vagrant
Aruba (to Netherlands)	extant	vagrant
Bahamas	extant	vagrant	yes
Barbados	extant	vagrant
Bermuda (to UK)	extant	vagrant				yes
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	extant	vagrant
Cayman Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Colombia	extant	vagrant
Costa Rica	extant	native			yes
Cuba	extant	uncertain
Curaçao (to Netherlands)	extant	vagrant
Dominica	extant	native		yes
Dominican Republic	extant	native		yes
French Guiana	extant	uncertain
Grenada	extant	uncertain
Guadeloupe (to France)	possibly extinct	native		yes
Guyana	extant	uncertain
Haiti	extant	native		yes
Honduras	extant	uncertain
Jamaica	extant	uncertain
Martinique (to France)	extinct	native		yes
Montserrat (to UK)	extant	uncertain
Nicaragua	extant	vagrant				yes
Panama	extant	native
Puerto Rico (to USA)	extant	vagrant
Sint Maarten (to Netherlands)	extant	vagrant
St Kitts and Nevis	extant	uncertain
St Lucia	extant	uncertain
St Martin (to France)	extant	uncertain
St Vincent and the Grenadines	extant	uncertain
Suriname	extant	uncertain
Trinidad and Tobago	extant	uncertain
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	extant	uncertain
USA	extant	native			yes
Venezuela	extant	uncertain
Virgin Islands (to UK)	extant	vagrant
Virgin Islands (to USA)	extant	vagrant

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Cuba	Turquino - Bayamesa
Dominican Republic	Sierra de Bahoruco National Park
Haiti	Aux Diablotins
Jamaica	Blue Mountains
USA	Outer Continental Shelf

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	non-breeding
Marine Neritic	Pelagic	major	breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	non-breeding
Marine Oceanic	Epipelagic (0-200m)	major	breeding
Altitude	0 - 2300 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Small-holder farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Agriculture & aquaculture	Livestock farming & ranching - Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Gathering terrestrial plants - Unintentional effects (species is not the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Biological resource use	Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals - Intentional use (species is the target)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Species mortality
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Canis familiaris	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Negligible declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Felis catus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Negligible declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Herpestes auropunctatus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Negligible declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success
Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases	Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Sus domesticus	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Negligible declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species mortality
Pollution	Excess energy - Light pollution	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Majority (50-90%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species disturbance, Species mortality
Pollution	Industrial & military effluents - Type Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Reduced reproductive success
Transportation & service corridors	Utility & service lines	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Rapid Declines		Medium Impact: 6
		Stresses Species disturbance, Species mortality

Purpose	Scale
Food - human	subsistence, national

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-capped-petrel-pterodroma-hasitata on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.