Northern Fulmar vs Bryan's Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialis 비교 대상 Puffinus bryani

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Northern Fulmar Bryan's Shearwater
학명 Fulmarus glacialis Puffinus bryani
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Critically Endangered
체장 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
날개 폭 107.0 cm (42.1 in) 33.0 cm (13.0 in)
체중 750.0 g (26.46 oz) 147.0 g (5.19 oz)
식성 Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving. --
산란 수 1 --
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
Bryan's Shearwater
날개 폭
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
Bryan's Shearwater 33.0 cm
체중
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
Bryan's Shearwater 147.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Northern Fulmar only

없음

Bryan's Shearwater only

Northern Fulmar

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

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.

Bryan's Shearwater

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Bryan's Shearwater

보전 상태

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Critically Endangered

Bryan's Shearwater

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

부리

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Bryan's Shearwater

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.

Bryan's Shearwater

27 cm. Small shearwater; dark brown above, white below with dark smudging on flanks. Known from only a few specimens collected at Midway Atoll; Critically Endangered or possibly extinct. No confirmed breeding in decades; one of the least-known shearwaters.

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