Pterodroma caribbaea Carte, 1866:93

Jamaican petrel, Blue Mountain duck, Jamaican Blue Mountain duck

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Bulweria caribbaea Carte, 1866:93; Bulweria hasitata caribbaea Carte, 1866:93

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1879 or 1880 (generally accepted); 1879 (Martin et al., 2023); 1880 (Kittelberger et al., 2024); 1936 (Bond, 1936)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution

Jamaica (nested on Dominica and Guadeloupe?)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

The Natural History Museum of Jamaica (NHMJ) holds two stuffed specimens: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/jamaica-8217-s-rich-fauna-and_117256?profile=1373

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Carte, A. (1866). On an undescribed species of petrel from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 93-95.

Other references:

Attwood, T. (1791). The history of the island of Dominica. London: J. Johnson.

BirdLife International (2000). Threatened birds of the world. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International & Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

BirdLife International. (2012). Pterodroma caribbaea. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 29 August 2013.

Bond, James. (1936). Birds of the West Indies: An account with full descriptions of all the birds known to occur or to have occurred on the West Indian islands. Baltimore: Waverly Press.

Brooke, M. d. L. (2004) Albatrosses and petrels across the world. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Brooks, T. M. (2006). Going or gone: defining ‘Possibly Extinct’ species to give a truer picture of recent extinctions. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126A: 7-24.

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1

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Douglas, L. (2000). Status of the Jamaican Petrel in the West Indies, pp. 19-24. In: Schreiber, E. A. and Lee, D. S. (eds.). Status and conservation of West Indian seabirds. Ruston. USA: Society for Caribbean Ornithology.

Fisher, Diana O. and Humphreys, Aelys M. (2024). Evidence for modern extinction in plants and animals. Biological Conservation 298: 110772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110772

Haynes-Sutton, A., Downer, A. and Sutton, R. (2009). A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Jamaica. London: Christopher Helm.

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.

Imber, M. J. (1991). The Jamaican Petrel---dead or alive? Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 57: 4-9.

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Keith, D.A., Butchart, S. H. M., Regan, H. M., Harrison, I., Ackakaya, H. R., Solow, A. R. and Burgman, M. A. (2017). Inferring extinctions I: a structured method using information on threats. Biological Conservation 214: 320-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.07.026

Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]

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Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]

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Shirihai, H., Bretagnolle, V. and Wege, D. (2010). Petrels of the Caribbean (The Jamaica Petrel pelagic expedition. A pelagic expedition off Jamaica, and off the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica.) Web report on www.birdlife.org.

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Zonfrillo, B. (2016). A further specimen of the extinct Jamaica Petrel Pterodroma caribbaea (Carte, 1866). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 136(3): 209-213.

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