Northern Fulmar vs Vanuatu petrel

Fulmarus glacialis 비교 대상 Pterodroma occulta

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Northern Fulmar Vanuatu petrel
학명 Fulmarus glacialis Pterodroma occulta
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Not Evaluated
체장 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
날개 폭 107.0 cm (42.1 in)
체중 750.0 g (26.46 oz) 325.0 g (11.46 oz)
식성 Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving. --
산란 수 1 --
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
Vanuatu petrel
날개 폭
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
Vanuatu petrel
체중
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
Vanuatu petrel 325.0 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.

Vanuatu petrel

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Vanuatu petrel

보전 상태

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Not Evaluated

Vanuatu petrel

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

부리

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Vanuatu 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.

Vanuatu petrel

37–40 cm. Dark above with white forehead and underparts; black partial collar. Breeds Vanuatu; poorly known. Endangered or Critically Endangered with very few confirmed nests. Described as full species only in 1984; nocturnal at colonies; feeds on squid and fish in tropical Pacific.

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