black-capped petrel
bird
Also known as: Pterodroma hasitata, diablotin
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affected by predation
- In procellariiform: Importance to humans
The related black-capped petrel, or diablotin (P. hasitata), of the West Indies was also thought extinct (because of predation by humans, rats, and mongooses) until in 1961 a substantial population, estimated to number at least 4,000 birds, was found breeding in the inaccessible forested cliffs of Hispaniola.
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