Black-capped petrel

Black-capped petrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Pterodroma
Species:
P. hasitata
Binomial name
Pterodroma hasitata
(Kuhl, 1820)

The black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata), also known as the diablotín, is a small seabird native to the West Indies in the genus Pterodroma. It is a long-winged petrel with a grey-brown back and wings, with a white nape and rump. Underparts are mainly white apart from a black cap (that in some individuals extends to cover the eye) and some dark underwing markings. It picks food items such as squid from the ocean surface.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Pterodroma hasitata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22698092A132624510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22698092A132624510.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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