Northern Fulmar vs Great-winged Petrel

Fulmarus glacialis 비교 대상 Pterodroma macroptera

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Northern Fulmar Great-winged Petrel
학명 Fulmarus glacialis Pterodroma macroptera
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
날개 폭 107.0 cm (42.1 in) 60.7 cm (23.9 in)
체중 750.0 g (26.46 oz) 548.75 g (19.36 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
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
Great-winged Petrel
날개 폭
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
Great-winged Petrel 60.7 cm
체중
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
Great-winged Petrel 548.75 g

Song & Call Comparison

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.

Great-winged Petrel

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Great-winged Petrel

보전 상태

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Least Concern

Great-winged Petrel

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

부리

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Great-winged 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.

Great-winged Petrel

41 cm, wingspan 97 cm. Large all-dark gadfly petrel; dusky bill, black feet. Breeds on islands from Tristan da Cunha to SW Australia and New Zealand. Ranges widely in southern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Flies with characteristic high arcing; feeds on squid and fish.

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