Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | buřňák bermudský |
Danish | Bermudapetrel |
Dutch | Bermudastormvogel |
English | Bermuda Petrel |
English (United States) | Bermuda Petrel |
French | Pétrel des Bermudes |
French (France) | Pétrel des Bermudes |
German | Bermudasturmvogel |
Hungarian | Bermudai viharmadár |
Icelandic | Brimdrúði |
Japanese | バミューダミズナギドリ |
Norwegian | bermudapetrell |
Polish | petrel bermudzki |
Russian | Бермудский тайфунник |
Serbian | Bermudska burnica |
Slovak | tajfúnnik bermudský |
Slovenian | Bermudski švigavec |
Spanish | Petrel Cahow |
Spanish (Spain) | Petrel cahow |
Swedish | bermudapetrell |
Turkish | Bermuda Fırtınakuşu |
Ukrainian | Тайфунник бермудський |
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow
Version: 1.0 — Published July 21, 2017
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
Very little published information. Green excreta at nest sites suggest that small squid make up part of the diet during the chick-rearing period, and pink excreta indicate that pelagic shrimp are also commonly taken (Murphy and Mowbray 1951; D. B. Wingate, in litt.). Stomach contents of a fledgling female Bermuda Petrel received by William Beebe 8 June 1935 were examined by Robert Cushman Murphy, who noted "17 beaks of cephalopods as well as several crystalline lenses of the same organisms" (Murphy and Mowbray 1951).
Foraging Behavior
Presumably feeds by seizing prey at or just beneath the surface, as do other species of gadfly petrels, though direct observation of foraging Bermuda Petrels has not been reported.