CUBAN PROCELLARIIFORMES - Petrels, Shearwaters, Storm Petrels

There are thee species of birds in the procellariiformes order found in Cuba, the black-capped petrel, Audubon's shearwater, and Leach's storm-petrel.

The birds in this order spend most of their time at sea and only come in to land to breed. Most species are very clumsy on land.

The black-capped petrel has a black cap, a white neck, black upper wings and a black-tipped tail. It is found in waters off of the Atlantic Coast from the Carolinas south through the Caribbean to northern South America. It is only known to nest in three sites in the  Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Audubon's shearwater is found in tropical waters throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. In the Western Hemisphere, it is found in waters along the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to Florida into the Gulf Coast, the Caribbean, and Central and northern South America. It is a pelagic seabird. That means it spends most of its time on open ocean waters and only comes on land to breed. It is about 12 inches in length and has a wingspan of 27 inches. It is dark brown on its uppersides and white on its underside. Its legs are set well back on its body and it is very clumsy on land.

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CUBAN PROCELLARIIFORMES - Petrels, Shearwaters, Storm Petrels

Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in the Wild Extinct
Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status.

US Status Key
Threatened in US Threatened in NH Endangered in US Endangered in NH Introduced Breeds in NH (Birds)
Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game

Location
Africa Asia Australia/Oceania Europe North America South America NH Click for More Info Click for Image

Species	Sounds	Occurrence
Black-capped Petrel - Pterodroma hasitata	No Audio Available	Year-round
Audubon's Shearwater - Puffinus lherminieri		Year-round
	Audio Credit: xeno-canto.org  Robson Silva e Silva
Leach's Storm-petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhoa	No Audio Available	Non-breeding

Additional Information

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Black-capped Petrel - Pterodroma hasitata
The black-capped petrel is found in ocean waters from North Carolina south through the Caribbean to northern South America.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School

Black-capped Petrel - Pterodroma hasitata
The black-capped petrel is threatened because it has avery small and fragmented breeding range.
Source:BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School

Audubon's Shearwater - Puffinus lherminieri
Audubon's shearwater is found along the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to Florida into the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean and Central and northern South America.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School

Leach's Storm-petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Leach's storm-petrel lives on open ocean waters and breed on islands in the northern Atlantic and Pacific.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School