Northern Fulmar vs Galapagos Petrel

Fulmarus glacialis से तुलना Pterodroma phaeopygia

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Northern Fulmar Galapagos Petrel
वैज्ञानिक नाम Fulmarus glacialis Pterodroma phaeopygia
गण Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
कुल Procellariidae Procellariidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Critically Endangered
लंबाई 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
पंखों का फैलाव 107.0 cm (42.1 in) 58.9 cm (23.2 in)
वजन 750.0 g (26.46 oz) 410.5 g (14.48 oz)
आहार Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving. --
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Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
Galapagos Petrel
पंखों का फैलाव
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
Galapagos Petrel 58.9 cm
वजन
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
Galapagos Petrel 410.5 g

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

कोई नहीं

Northern Fulmar only

कोई नहीं

Galapagos Petrel only

Northern Fulmar

Open ocean and sea cliffs. Breeds on cliff ledges and grassy slopes on northern coastlines. Pelagic outside breeding season.

Song & Call Comparison

Northern Fulmar

गीत

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.

Galapagos Petrel

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.

Galapagos Petrel

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Critically Endangered

Galapagos Petrel

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

चोंच

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Galapagos Petrel

About These Birds

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.

Galapagos Petrel

43 cm. Dark above with white forehead; white underparts with dark collar and carpal bar. Breeds Galapagos Islands; Critically Endangered with rapid decline due to introduced predators. Closely related to Hawaiian Petrel; migrates to eastern Pacific; feeds on squid and fish.

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