Birds of the World

    PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels)  
Genus: Fulmarus (2 species)

Geuns Fulmarus, Fulmars, are two species of gull-like petrels around 45 cm. long. Fulmars nest on cliffs.


Northern Fulmar
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Range: NA, PAL: is. and coasts of North Atlantic, bays between Arctic and North Atlantic, and North Pacific including Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea
Half Moon Bay, California, United States  
   
Photograph by Julio Mulero     Copyright and usage info


Southern Fulmar
Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
Range: SO, AN: islets and coast of Antarctica
Western Cape, South Africa  
   
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.



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