The Jamaican petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea) is a small possibly extinct seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma.

[1] However, it cannot yet be classified as extinct because nocturnal petrels are notoriously difficult to record, and it may still occur on Dominica and Guadeloupe.

If it is extinct, the most likely cause is due to predation by introduced mongooses and rats.

Several species of lice are known to have parasitized the Jamaica and black-capped petrels.

[citation needed] If the former is extinct, one of these lice, the phtilopterid Saemundssonia jamaicensis may be coextinct, as it has not been found on other birds.