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Bermuda petrel

Pterodroma cahow

The Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) is a bird found in Bermuda. Open ocean, nesting on small rocky islands near Bermuda. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific namePterodroma cahow
RegionNorth America
Found inBermuda

🏡 Where the Bermuda petrel lives

Open ocean, nesting on small rocky islands near Bermuda.

🍽️ What it eats

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.
💡 People thought it was extinct for 300 years, then it was found again in 1951.

Hear the Bermuda petrel

Recorded by Robert L. Flood (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC738388. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Bermuda petrel

Where does the Bermuda petrel live?

The Bermuda petrel lives in Bermuda. Open ocean, nesting on small rocky islands near Bermuda.

What does the Bermuda petrel eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), fish (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Bermuda petrel endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.