Cahow is a rare sea bird. The cahow is a kind of petrel, and it is sometimes called the Bermuda petrel because it nests only in Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean. The name cahow comes from the sound of the bird’s call.
Cahows are black or brown on the top of the head and on the back and wings. The underside of the body is white. Cahows measure about 15 inches (40 centimeters) long and have a wingspread of up to 3 feet (90 centimeters). The females lay a single egg in a hole dug in the ground.
In 1615, British colonists in the Bermuda Islands saved themselves from starvation by eating cahows. A few years later, the birds disappeared and were not seen again until 1906. In 1951, their nests were found on a few small islands off Bermuda.
