Bird name:

Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Order

PROCELLARIIFORMES

Family

Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)

Code 4

NOFU

Code 6

FULGLA

ITIS

174536

Breeding Location:

Islands, sandy or rocky

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Colonial

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

White, nest stained with red markings

Number of Eggs:

Incubation Days:

52 - 53

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Lined with pebbles.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Northern Fulmar Light Morph: The light morph Northern Fulmar has gray upperparts and white underparts, head, neck, and tail. The dark morph Northern Fulmar has a uniformly dark gray body and paler primaries. Intermediates of all shades exist. Bill is short, thick, and yellow with a tube on top. Sexes are similar.

Range and 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.

Breeding and 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.

Foraging and 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.

Vocalization

Northern Fulmar: Gives chuckling and grunting notes when feeding. On breeding grounds gives a variety of guttural calls.

Similar Species

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

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Primaries

The primaries are the flight feathers specialized for flight. They are attached to the "hand" equivalent part of the wing.

Pelagic

The pelagic is a type of bird whose habitat is on the open ocean rather than in a coastal region or on inland bodies of water (lakes, rivers). An example of a pelagic bird is the blacklegged kittiwake.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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