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The Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) is a gadfly petrel. Commonly known in Bermuda as the cahow, a name derived from its eerie cries, this nocturnal ground-nesting seabird is the national bird of Bermuda, pictured on Bermudian currency. Bermuda petrels are the second rarest seabird on the planet.
Zino's petrel, Pterodroma madeira EN; Fea's petrel, Pterodroma feae NT; Desertas petrel, Pterodroma deserta VU; Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow EN; Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata EN; Jamaican petrel, Pterodroma caribbaea CR; Juan Fernandez petrel, Pterodroma externa VU; Vanuatu petrel, Pterodroma occulta (P. cervicalis: VU)
Trindade petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana (VR) Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow; Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata (VR) Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea; Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis; Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus; Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus; Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri (Extirpated as a breeder) (VR)
Desertas petrel, Pterodroma deserta (disputed) – Atlantic Ocean; Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow – northwest Atlantic Ocean; Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata – Atlantic Ocean: Cuba and Hispaniola to Martinique; Jamaican petrel, Pterodroma caribbaea (possibly extinct) – Atlantic Ocean: Jamaica
The most famous Bermudian bird is the endemic Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow), or cahow. This is a pelagic seabird which had dug burrows for its nests. Humans are believed to have killed millions of them after settlement began in 1609, and feral pigs, introduced presumably by Spaniards decades before, also attacked their nests.
One endemic species is the Bermuda petrel or cahow (Pterodroma cahow), which was thought to have been extinct since the 1620s. Its ground-nesting habitats had been severely disrupted by introduced species and colonists had killed the birds for food.
The hunting pressure on the Bermuda petrel, or cahow, was so intense that the species nearly became extinct and did go missing for 300 years. The name of one species, the providence petrel , is derived from its (seemingly) miraculous arrival on Norfolk Island , where it provided a windfall for starving European settlers; [ 85 ] within ten years ...
Wilson's storm-petrel. Order: Procellariiformes Family: Oceanitidae. The southern storm-petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Wilson's storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus