Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata [Kuhl, 1820] |
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Order:
Procellariiformes
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Family: Procellariidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 290 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
hasitata recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
. cm
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Wingspan: - |
Weight:
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: pteros=wing + dromos=running and L.: haesitare=to stick fast |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: West Indies (Hispaniola, e Cuba, Guadeloupe, Dominica), RANGES: Atlantic |
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Habitat:
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Pelagic, breeds in mountain burrows |
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TitBit:
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This petrel is known to breed only on the Caribbean island of Haiti, yet one was found exhausted and disorientated on (the inland) Swaffham Heath in Norfolk in 1850, though it still managed to violently bite the young boy who found it. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Norfolk, 1850
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
2
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Norfolk
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Capped Petrel | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Hęttepetrel | Dutch: Zwartkapstormvogel |
| Finnish: Karibianviistäjä | French: Pétrel diablotin |
| German: Teufelsturmvogel | Hungarian: Feketefej |
| Icelandic: Blesudruši | Irish: |
| Italian: Pterodroma del cappuccio | Norwegian: Vestindiapetrell |
| Polish: Petrel antylski | Portuguese: Pardela das Antilhas |
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Spanish:
Petrel antillano
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Swedish: Karibpetrell |
| Local Names:Diablotin | |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Brooke, M. de L. 2004 Albatrosses and petrels across the world Oxford University Press, Oxford [598.44 BRO] | |
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Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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