Short-tailed Shearwater vs Northern Fulmar

Ardenna tenuirostris เปรียบเทียบกับ Fulmarus glacialis

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Short-tailed Shearwater Northern Fulmar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Ardenna tenuirostris Fulmarus glacialis
อันดับ Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Procellariidae Procellariidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
กว้างปีก 52.4 cm (20.6 in) 107.0 cm (42.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 695.0 g (24.52 oz) 750.0 g (26.46 oz)
อาหาร -- Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving.
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Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Short-tailed Shearwater
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
กว้างปีก
Short-tailed Shearwater 52.4 cm
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Short-tailed Shearwater 695.0 g
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g

Habitat Comparison

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Short-tailed Shearwater only

Northern Fulmar only

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Northern Fulmar

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

Song & Call Comparison

Short-tailed Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

เสียงร้อง

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Short-tailed Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Short-tailed Shearwater

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

How to Tell Them Apart

Short-tailed Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

ปาก

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

About These Birds

Short-tailed Shearwater

41–43 cm, wingspan 95–100 cm. Sooty-brown; silvery underwing flash. Breeds Bass Strait islands (Australia) in enormous numbers; one of the world's most abundant seabirds. Migrates to North Pacific in vast flocks. Feeds on krill and fish. Harvested sustainably as 'muttonbirds' in Tasmania.

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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