Northern Fulmar vs Christmas Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialis ile kıyaslandığında Puffinus nativitatis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Northern Fulmar Christmas Shearwater
Bilimsel Ad Fulmarus glacialis Puffinus nativitatis
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) 47,1 cm (18.5 in)
Ağırlık 750,0 g (26.46 oz) 357,5 g (12.61 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
Christmas Shearwater
Kanat Açıklığı
Northern Fulmar 107,0 cm
Christmas Shearwater 47,1 cm
Ağırlık
Northern Fulmar 750,0 g
Christmas Shearwater 357,5 g

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.

Christmas Shearwater

Geographic Range & Migration

Northern Fulmar

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

Christmas Shearwater

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

Least Concern

Christmas Shearwater

How to Tell Them Apart

Northern Fulmar

Gaga

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

Christmas 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.

Christmas Shearwater

35 cm. All-dark sooty-brown shearwater; dark bill and feet. Breeds Christmas and Palmyra islands in central Pacific; ranges in tropical Pacific. Feeds on fish and squid. Distinguished from other dark shearwaters by small size and tropical Pacific range; Near Threatened.

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