Northern Fulmar vs Hutton's Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialis 비교 대상 Puffinus huttoni

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Northern Fulmar Hutton's Shearwater
학명 Fulmarus glacialis Puffinus huttoni
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Endangered
체장 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
날개 폭 107.0 cm (42.1 in) 41.8 cm (16.5 in)
체중 750.0 g (26.46 oz) 345.4166666666667 g (12.18 oz)
식성 Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving. --
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
Hutton's Shearwater
날개 폭
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
Hutton's Shearwater 41.8 cm
체중
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
Hutton's Shearwater 345.4166666666667 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Northern Fulmar only

없음

Hutton'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.

Hutton's Shearwater

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Hutton's Shearwater

보전 상태

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Endangered

Hutton's Shearwater

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

부리

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Hutton'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.

Hutton's Shearwater

38 cm. Dark above; white below; larger than Fluttering Shearwater. Breeds only in alpine zone of Kaikoura Ranges, South Island, New Zealand. Endangered; very restricted inland breeding range unique among shearwaters; feeds at sea in Tasman Sea and off south Australia.

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