Pal Varga: Black-capped Petrel

Artist: Pal Varga
1937 -
Nationality: Hungarian
Artwork Year: 1990
Image Size: 12 by 14.25 inches
Overall Size: 15.75 by 17.75 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Paper

The Black-capped Petrels are of the Hook-billed subfamily of petrels. They feed on squid and small fish which they catch by skimming their bills just beneath the water. Accordingly, some of these petrels prefer to hunt at night when their prey are found near the surface. Like their close cousins the Bermuda Petrels, the Blackcaps suffered great slaughter and became a rare species. By late in the nineteenth century, these petrels were so scare that science completely lost track of Blackcap breeding grounds. But in 1963, ornithologist David B. Wingate discovered eleven nesting colonies in the forested cliffs of Haiti, signalling at least the hope of a recovery. Bermuda Petrels have been less fortunate. For nearly three centuries, these birds were believed to be extinct. In 1906, however, a live Bermuda was captured, and by 1951, estimates set the adult population at roughly one hundred birds. More recent checks indicate perhaps fewer than twenty existing nest holes.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Dominica 20¢ Black-capped Petrel stamp issued July 26, 1990.

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