Great Shearwater vs Northern Fulmar

Ardenna gravis 비교 대상 Fulmarus glacialis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Great Shearwater Northern Fulmar
학명 Ardenna gravis Fulmarus glacialis
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
날개 폭 63.6 cm (25.0 in) 107.0 cm (42.1 in)
체중 832.5 g (29.37 oz) 750.0 g (26.46 oz)
식성 -- Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving.
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Shearwater
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
날개 폭
Great Shearwater 63.6 cm
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
체중
Great Shearwater 832.5 g
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Great Shearwater only

Northern Fulmar only

없음

Northern Fulmar

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

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

노래

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Great Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

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

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Great Shearwater

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

깃털

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.

부리

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

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About These Birds

Great Shearwater

몸길이 43~51cm, 날개폭 105~122cm. 대형으로 위면은 진갈색이고 배는 흰색, 검은 머리꼭지, 윗날개에 독특한 비늘 무늬. 트리스탄다쿠냐, 고프 섬, 포클랜드에서 번식하며 북대서양으로 이동. 물고기와 오징어를 먹으며, 번식 후 영국 해안을 지나는 장관적인 이동을 보입니다.

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.

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