Arctic Fulmar
Scientific:
Fulmarus glacialis
Order:
Procellariiformes
Family:
Procellariidae
Genus:
Fulmarus
English: Arctic Fulmar, Northern Fulmar
Danish : Mallemuk
Greenlandic : Qaqulluk
Length: 15.3-19.7 in (39-50 cm)
Weight: 15.9-35.3 oz (450-1000 g)
Wingspan: 39.4-44.1 in (100-112 cm
The Northern Fulmar species has one of the longest lifespans amongst birds. Data from one study indicates a mean adult life span of about 32 years. The Northern Fulmar begins breeding normally at eight to ten years old, however there have been records of Northern Fulmars starting to breed at 20 years, which is an exceptionally old age for birds.
Northern Fulmars may feed some 50-600 km from the colony; the longest foraging trips usually occur during the pre-laying exodus and after the brooding period.
Timo Janhonen, XC319897. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/319897
Avibase The World Bird Database. Fulmarus glacialis. 2018
Mallory, Mark L., Scott A. Hatch and David N. Nettleship. 2012. Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Sibley, D. A. (2014). The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, USA.