Northern Fulmar vs Balearic Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialis เปรียบเทียบกับ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Northern Fulmar Balearic Shearwater
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Fulmarus glacialis Puffinus mauretanicus
อันดับ Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Procellariidae Procellariidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Critically Endangered
ความยาว 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
กว้างปีก 107.0 cm (42.1 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 750.0 g (26.46 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 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
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
Balearic Shearwater
กว้างปีก
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
Balearic Shearwater 48.4 cm
น้ำหนัก
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
Balearic Shearwater 514.8 g

Habitat Comparison

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Northern Fulmar only

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Balearic 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

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.

Balearic Shearwater

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Balearic Shearwater

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

ปาก

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Balearic 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.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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