Buller's Shearwater vs Northern Fulmar
Ardenna bulleri مقارنةً بـ Fulmarus glacialis
Side-by-Side Comparison
| السمة | Buller's Shearwater | Northern Fulmar |
|---|---|---|
| الاسم العلمي | Ardenna bulleri | Fulmarus glacialis |
| الرتبة | Procellariiformes | Procellariiformes |
| الفصيلة | Procellariidae | Procellariidae |
| حالة الحفاظ | Vulnerable | Least Concern |
| الطول | — | 47,0 cm (18.5 in) |
| طول الجناح | 55,2 cm (21.7 in) | 107,0 cm (42.1 in) |
| الوزن | 388,5 g (13.70 oz) | 750,0 g (26.46 oz) |
| النظام الغذائي | -- | Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving. |
| عدد البيض في الوضع | 1 | 1 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
Northern Fulmar
Open ocean and sea cliffs. Breeds on cliff ledges and grassy slopes on northern coastlines. Pelagic outside breeding season.
Song & Call Comparison
Buller's Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
A nasal, cackling 'kak-kak-kak-kak' or grunting 'uh-uh-uh' at the nest and colony. Less melodic than petrels. In flight gives occasional single nasal calls.
Geographic Range & Migration
Buller's Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.
حالة الحفاظ
Buller's Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
How to Tell Them Apart
Buller's Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
Light morph: white head and underparts with grey wings and back. Dark morph: entirely grey. Tube-nosed bill and stiff-winged flight distinctive at sea.
Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top
About These Birds
Buller's Shearwater
46–47 cm, wingspan 96–99 cm. Distinctive; dark above with grey-white M-mark on upperwing; white below with grey cap. Breeds only Snares and Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Migrates to North Pacific. Near Threatened; feeds on fish and squid; gregarious at sea.
Northern Fulmar
The northern fulmar is a long-lived seabird that can survive over 40 years. It defends its nest by projectile-vomiting a foul-smelling stomach oil at intruders, which can mat the feathers of predators and cause fatal loss of waterproofing. Fulmars have expanded their breeding range dramatically southward over the past two centuries.