Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis Order: PROCELLARIIFORMESFamily: Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
Northern Fulmar Dark Morph Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
  • Eye color: Brown iris
  • Head Pattern: Plain
  • Crown color: White
  • Forehead color: White
  • Nape Color: White
  • Throat color: White
  • Cere color:
Northern Fulmar Dark Morph Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 48 cm (19 in)
  • Weight: 566-623 g (20-22 oz)
  • Size: Size 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color: Black, Gray
  • Underparts: Gray
  • Upperparts: Gray
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Northern Fulmar Dark Morph Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Flap and glide flight on bowed wings with bursts of stiff wing beats alternating with periods of effortless banking and gliding.
  • Wingspan Range: 106 cm (42 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings, Long-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Squared Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Gray
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg color: Yellow
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Family Fulmar (Procellariidae)_blue
Species Fulmarus glacialis
Length19 Inches
Wingspan42 Inches

Northern Fulmar

Northern Fulmar Light Morph: Large gull-like bird with gray upperparts and white underparts, head, neck, and tail. Dark morph has uniformly dark gray body and paler primaries. Bill is short, thick, and yellow with a tube on top. Flight alternates stiff wing beats with periods of gliding and banking.

● Song: Generally silent

● Foraging & Feeding: Northern Fulmar Light Morph: Eats fish, crustaceans, marine worms, squid, and carrion. Snatches food at or just below the water surface; eats on the water.

● Breeding & nesting: Northern Fulmar Light Morph: One red marked, white egg is laid in a slight ground depression, sometimes lined with pebbles. Incubation ranges from 52 to 53 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Northern Fulmar Light Morph: Gulls have more slender necks, thinner bills without nasal tubes, and deep, steady, flapping wing beats.

Flight Pattern

Flap and glide flight on bowed wings with bursts of stiff wing beats alternating with periods of effortless banking and gliding.
Northern Fulmar Dark Morph Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Northern Fulmar Light Morph: Breeds in Aleutians and on coasts and islands of Alaska and Canadian Arctic. Spends winters at sea, in Pacific Ocean south to California and in Atlantic south to North Carolina; also in northern Eurasia. Pelagic, only comes ashore to breed.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight20 - 22 Ounces