Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Jamaican Petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea), recorded as Critically Endangered
Jamaican Petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Jamaican Petrel

Pterodroma caribbaea

The Jamaican petrel is a small possibly extinct seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Pterodroma caribbaea
Taxonomy
Aves · Procellariiformes · Procellariidae · Pterodroma

The tubenose

Jamaican Petrel is a tubenose seabird in the family Procellariidae (order Procellariiformes) — Pterodroma caribbaea.

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for Jamaican Petrel on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

The Jamaican petrel is a small possibly extinct seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. Even so, it cannot yet be classified as extinct because nocturnal petrels are notoriously difficult to record, and it may still occur on Dominica and Guadeloupe. If it is extinct, the most likely cause is due to predation by introduced mongooses and rats.

Jamaican Petrel is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Jamaican Petrel, Wikidata item Q911316. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Galápagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Galápagos Petrel

Pterodroma phaeopygia
Photograph of Magenta Petrel (Pterodroma magentae), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Magenta Petrel

Pterodroma magentae
Photograph of Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta), recorded as EndangeredEN

Atlantic Petrel

Pterodroma incerta
Photograph of Barau's Petrel (Pterodroma baraui), recorded as EndangeredEN

Barau's Petrel

Pterodroma baraui

Quick answers

What is Jamaican Petrel?
The Jamaican petrel is a small possibly extinct seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.
What is the conservation status of Jamaican Petrel?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pterodroma caribbaea. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Jamaican Petrel live?
The Jamaican petrel is a small possibly extinct seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.
Why is Jamaican Petrel in crisis?
If it is extinct, the most likely cause is due to predation by introduced mongooses and rats.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pterodroma caribbaea?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Jamaican Petrel a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.