百慕大海燕

分类位置

同属物种

Atlantic Petrel

Atlantic Petrel

留尼汪圆尾鹱

Barau's Petrel

黑顶圆尾鹱

Black-capped Petrel

黑翅圆尾鹱

Black-winged Petrel

白额圆尾鹱

Bonin Petrel

新西蘭圓尾鸌

Chatham Islands Petrel

形态与习性

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 and is pictured on Bermudian currency. Bermuda petrels are the second rarest seabird on the planet. They have medium-sized bodies and long wings, a greyish-black crown and collar, dark grey upper-wings and tail, white upper-tail coverts and white under-wings edged with black, and the underparts