Northern Fulmar vs Common Diving-petrel

Fulmarus glacialis ile kıyaslandığında Pelecanoides urinatrix

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Northern Fulmar Common Diving-petrel
Bilimsel Ad Fulmarus glacialis Pelecanoides urinatrix
Takım Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familya Procellariidae Procellariidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 47,0 cm (18.5 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 107,0 cm (42.1 in) 24,3 cm (9.6 in)
Ağırlık 750,0 g (26.46 oz) 135,5 g (4.78 oz)
Beslenme 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
Common Diving-petrel
Kanat Açıklığı
Northern Fulmar 107,0 cm
Common Diving-petrel 24,3 cm
Ağırlık
Northern Fulmar 750,0 g
Common Diving-petrel 135,5 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Hiçbiri

Northern Fulmar only

Hiçbiri

Common Diving-petrel 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

Şarkı

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.

Common Diving-petrel

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Common Diving-petrel

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Least Concern

Common Diving-petrel

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

Gaga

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Common Diving-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.

Common Diving-petrel

20–25 cm. Dark above; white below; broad wings used for underwater propulsion. Most widespread diving-petrel; breeds New Zealand, southern Australia, Falklands, and subantarctic islands. Feeds on small fish and crustaceans by diving. Highly vulnerable to introduced predators at nesting colonies.

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