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Common Name

Northern Fulmar

Alternate Names

Arctic Fulmar

Common Type

Fulmar

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae

Genus

Fulmarus

Species

glacialis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Britain,

Number of Sub-Species

Three Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Breed on cliffs

Distribution and Range

Nests on North Atlantic islands, has a circumpolar pelagic distribution in the nouthern oceans.

Food

Feed on fish, squid and shrimp in the open ocean

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Field Notes:

A tubenosed seabird. Long lived birds, living for up to 40 years. North Atlantic islands identified that the Fulmar supplies them with oil for their lamps, down for their beds, a delicacy for their tables, a balm for their wounds, and a medicine for their distempers

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