Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)

Northern Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, breeds on islands and coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, including North America, the Palearctic, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. Outside the breeding season it reaches the north-west Pacific as far south as Japan, the north-east Pacific to Baja California, the western Atlantic to North Carolina, and the eastern Atlantic to France. It is a seabird in the petrel family and order Procellariiformes. It is known for having two colour forms, with pale birds in temperate areas and darker birds in Arctic ones, while birds between the two are also common.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

North America, Palearctic: is. and coasts of North Atlantic, bays between Arctic and North Atlantic, and North Pacific including Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea

Nonbreeding range

to coasts of nw Pacific s to Japan, ne Pacific s to Baja California (nw Mexico), w Atlantic s to North Carolina, e Atlantic s to France