Conserving the Black-capped Petrel of Hispaniola: the Diablotin gets an action plan

A Black-capped Petrel carries a transmitter; photograph by Tazio Taveres

In 2017 ACAP hosted a workshop in Wellington, New Zealand at the time of the Tenth Meeting of ACAP’s Advisory Committee (AC10) that discussed threats facing gadfly petrels in the genera Pterodroma and Pseudobulweria.  Although no gadfly petrels are currently listed by the Agreement, ACAP Latest News occasionally features important developments relating to their conservation.

Here ALN reports the recent publication by the International Black-capped Petrel Conservation Group of an Action Plan for the Endangered Black-capped Petrel or Diablotin Pterodroma hasitata, a species endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (made up of Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

Read a popular account of the action plan here.

Reference:

Wheeler, J., Satgé, Y., Brown, A., Goetz, J., Keitt, B., Nevins, H. & Rupp, E. 2021.  Black-capped Petrel Conservation Update and Action Plan.  Conserving the Diablotin.  International Black-capped Petrel Conservation Group.  156 pp.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 11 February 2022