Streaked Shearwater vs Northern Fulmar
Calonectris leucomelas مقارنةً بـ Fulmarus glacialis
Side-by-Side Comparison
| السمة | Streaked Shearwater | Northern Fulmar |
|---|---|---|
| الاسم العلمي | Calonectris leucomelas | Fulmarus glacialis |
| الرتبة | Procellariiformes | Procellariiformes |
| الفصيلة | Procellariidae | Procellariidae |
| حالة الحفاظ | Near Threatened | Least Concern |
| الطول | — | 47,0 cm (18.5 in) |
| طول الجناح | 63,8 cm (25.1 in) | 107,0 cm (42.1 in) |
| الوزن | 530,5 g (18.71 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
Streaked 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
Streaked Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.
حالة الحفاظ
Streaked Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
How to Tell Them Apart
Streaked 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
Streaked Shearwater
48 cm, wingspan 122 cm. Large shearwater; brown-streaked white head and neck; brown above, white below. Breeds Japan and islands of East Asia; migrates south to Australia and Indian Ocean. Feeds on fish and squid; forms large flocks; the most abundant shearwater in NW Pacific.
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.