Black-capped Petrel Range Map

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Medium-distance migrant. After the nesting season, adults migrate north from the Greater Antilles to the western North Atlantic, where the species is locally abundant in Gulf Stream waters off the coast of the mid-Atlantic states.

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Shearwaters and Petrels(Order: Procellariiformes, Family: Procellariidae)

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