Wedge-tailed Shearwater vs Northern Fulmar

Ardenna pacifica 비교 대상 Fulmarus glacialis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Northern Fulmar
학명 Ardenna pacifica Fulmarus glacialis
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
날개 폭 59.4 cm (23.4 in) 107.0 cm (42.1 in)
체중 435.0 g (15.34 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
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
날개 폭
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 59.4 cm
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
체중
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 435.0 g
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Wedge-tailed 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.

Song & Call Comparison

Wedge-tailed 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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

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

보전 상태

Least Concern

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

How to Tell Them Apart

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

부리

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

About These Birds

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

몸길이 38~46cm, 날개폭 97~105cm. 긴 쐐기형 꼬리가 식별 특징이며, 위면은 진갈색으로 아래면은 색변이형(어두운형 또는 흰가슴형). 열대 태평양 및 인도양 섬에서 번식. 바다에서 광범위하게 분포. 물고기와 오징어를 먹으며 참치 무리와 자주 어울립니다. 흔하고 넓게 분포합니다.

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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