Common Kestrel vs Northern Fulmar

Falco tinnunculus 비교 대상 Fulmarus glacialis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Common Kestrel Northern Fulmar
학명 Falco tinnunculus Fulmarus glacialis
Falconiformes Procellariiformes
Falconidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 34.0 cm (13.4 in) 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
날개 폭 74.0 cm (29.1 in) 107.0 cm (42.1 in)
체중 190.0 g (6.70 oz) 750.0 g (26.46 oz)
식성 Primarily voles and mice, also lizards, large insects, and small birds. Hunts by hovering at … Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving.
산란 수 1-7 1
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Common Kestrel 34.0 cm
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
날개 폭
Common Kestrel 74.0 cm
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
체중
Common Kestrel 190.0 g
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Common Kestrel only

Northern Fulmar only

없음

Common Kestrel

Open country including farmland, grasslands, moorland, and urban areas. Common along motorways and in cities across Europe.

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

Common Kestrel

노래

A shrill, repeated 'kee-kee-kee-kee' or 'kik-ik-ik', especially near nest. Alarm call is a nasal chattering. Generally less vocal than larger falcons. Calls ring clearly in open country.

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

Common Kestrel

Europe, Asia, and Africa. One of the most common and widespread raptors in the Old World.

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

Common Kestrel

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Common Kestrel

깃털

Males have a blue-grey head and tail with a rufous back spotted with black. Females are rufous-brown with heavy barring. Both have a dark moustachial stripe.

부리

Short, hooked grey bill with a yellow cere

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

Common Kestrel

황조롱이는 유럽에서 가장 흔한 매로, 날아오르며 정지 비행하는 능력으로 유명하다. 적갈색 등과 뾰족한 날개를 가지며 고속도로 옆과 도심 지역을 포함한 다양한 서식지에서 볼 수 있다.

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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