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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.
Bermuda was the first place in the Americas to pass conservation laws, protecting the Bermuda petrel in 1616 and the Bermuda cedar in 1622. It has a well-organised network of protected areas including Spittal Pond, marshes in Paget and Devonshire and Pembroke Parishes, Warwick Pond and the hills above Castle Harbour.
The avifauna of Bermuda include 408 species, according to the Bermuda Audubon Society (BAS), with some additions from Clements taxonomy, as of July 2022. [1]The 387 species is a remarkable number considering that the island is a mere 53.3 square kilometres.
Based on Austin (1996), Bretagnolle et al. (1998), Nunn & Stanley (1998) and Brooke (2004), several changes have been made from the more traditional taxonomy. The two species in the genus Bulweria are no longer considered close to the rest of the gadfly petrels; several more gadfly petrels are removed from Pterodroma and placed in Pseudobulweria (allied to the shearwaters), and the Kerguelen ...
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
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)
Bermuda petrel, Pterodroma cahow (A) Black-capped petrel, Pterodroma hasitata (A) Boyd's shearwater, Puffinus boydi (A-Canary Islands) Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii; Cape petrel, Daption capense (A) Cape Verde shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii (A-Canary Islands, Madeira) Cory's shearwater, Calonectris borealis; Desertas petrel, Pterodroma ...
Pterodroma inexpectata, mottled petrel breeds on Stewart Island, Snares Islands, and southwestern South Island [1] Pterodroma cahow, Bermuda petrel breeds on Nonsuch Island; ranges along the Gulf Stream [1] Pterodroma hasitata, black-capped petrel breeds on Cuba, Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, and Dominica; ranges to the west Atlantic [1]