Extinct.\u00a0 Formerly bred in Jamaica\u2019s eastern mountains.<\/strong>\u00a0 The extent of its nonbreeding range at sea is unknown, other than the waters around Jamaica.\u00a0 The breeding season reportedly lasted almost all year, from September through July.\u00a0 The cause of its extinction was likely nest predation by introduced rats or mongoose.<\/p>

There have been numerous attempts to \u201crediscover\u201d the Jamaica Petrel in the mountains of Jamaica and its surrounding waters, but thus far no indication that it persists.\u00a0 The pioneering Caribbean ornithologist James Bond believed he had observed one in 1936 west of the Bahamas, but it may have been a dark morph Trindade Petrel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t