Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Fulmar Boreal

A thick-necked, gull-like bird with a relatively short bill. It has two plumage forms: either all dark brown or light gray with a white head, neck, and undersides. Length: 45-50 cm.; weight: 450-1,000 g. Breeds in large colonies on the far northern coasts of North America and Eurasia. Accidental at sea off the West Indies, but not yet documented off Puerto Rico. The closest nesting colonies are in coastal Newfoundland, Canada.

TAXONOMY: PROCELLARIIFORMES; PROCELLARIIDAE

References

Bent, A.C. 1922. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 121. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1964).

del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1. Ostrich to ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/Fireside, NY.

Harrison, P. 1983. Seabirds: an identification guide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Harrison, P. 1987. A field guide to seabirds of the world. Stephen Greene Press, Lexington, MA.

Hatch, S.A. and D.N Nettleship. 1998. Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). No. 361 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR.

Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton.

Northern Fulmar, Spanish text

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