Great Shearwater vs Northern Fulmar
Ardenna gravis 比較対象 Fulmarus glacialis
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 属性 | Great Shearwater | Northern Fulmar |
|---|---|---|
| 学名 | Ardenna gravis | Fulmarus glacialis |
| 目 | Procellariiformes | Procellariiformes |
| 科 | Procellariidae | Procellariidae |
| 保全状況 | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 体長 | — | 47.0 cm (18.5 in) |
| 翼開長 | 63.6 cm (25.0 in) | 107.0 cm (42.1 in) |
| 体重 | 832.5 g (29.37 oz) | 750.0 g (26.46 oz) |
| 食性 | -- | Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving. |
| 一腹卵数 | 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
Great 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
Great Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.
保全状況
Great Shearwater
Northern Fulmar
How to Tell Them Apart
Great 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
Great Shearwater
全長43〜51cm、翼開長105〜122cm。大型；上面は暗褐色、下面は白く、暗色の帽子と特徴的な翼上面の鱗状模様を持つ。トリスタン・ダ・クーニャ、ゴフ、フォークランド諸島で繁殖し、北大西洋へ渡る。魚や烏賊を食べる；繁殖後の渡りでは英国沿岸を大群が通過する光景が見事。
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.