Northern Fulmar vs Chatham Islands Petrel

Fulmarus glacialis ile kıyaslandığında Pterodroma axillaris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Northern Fulmar Chatham Islands Petrel
Bilimsel Ad Fulmarus glacialis Pterodroma axillaris
Takım Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familya Procellariidae Procellariidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Vulnerable
Uzunluk 47,0 cm (18.5 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 107,0 cm (42.1 in) 42,4 cm (16.7 in)
Ağırlık 750,0 g (26.46 oz) 226,25 g (7.98 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
Chatham Islands Petrel
Kanat Açıklığı
Northern Fulmar 107,0 cm
Chatham Islands Petrel 42,4 cm
Ağırlık
Northern Fulmar 750,0 g
Chatham Islands Petrel 226,25 g

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Hiçbiri

Northern Fulmar only

Hiçbiri

Chatham Islands 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.

Chatham Islands Petrel

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Chatham Islands Petrel

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Vulnerable

Chatham Islands Petrel

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

Gaga

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Chatham Islands 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.

Chatham Islands Petrel

30 cm. Small; dark grey above with white forehead and underparts; distinctive black axillaries. Critically Endangered; breeds only South East Island, Chatham Islands (few hundred pairs). Threatened by weka predation; intensive management sustains population. Ranges in temperate Pacific.

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