Black-capped Petrel © sdakotabirds.com

Vagrant to Aruba, Barbados (E), Bermuda (P), Cayman Islands, Colombia, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua (P), Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).

Unknown to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica (B), French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe (E) (B), Guyana, Honduras, Martinique (E) (B), Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Martin, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela.

May include Bermuda Petrel (Pterodroma cahow).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• hasitata (Kuhl, 1820)   -  Cuba and Hispaniola; Guadeloupe, Dominica (possibly extinct) and (?) Martinique.
• caribbaea Carte, 1866   -  Jamaica. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Jamaican Petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea).

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