{"id":9970,"date":"2018-08-23T16:42:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T15:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=9970"},"modified":"2019-10-18T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T08:56:10","slug":"northern-fulmar-fulmarus-glacialis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=9970","title":{"rendered":"Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– medium-sized seabird, size of Common Gull
\n– mostly dismigrational movements
\n– diurnal migrant, possibly nocturnal as well, strictly marine
\n– usually migrates singly, sometimes very loose, small flocks
\n– rarely seen in Mediterranean Sea and Baltic Sea<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF2443, 13\/09\/2010, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– cylindrical body due to rounded head and strong neck, typical strong and hooked bill with tube shaped nostrils
\n– varible plumage from verly light to dark greyish blue
\n– all over fresh and uniform plumage indicates a juvenile\/1CY bird
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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em>, 1CY<\/strong>
\nBIF2444, 25\/09\/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– one generation of coverts and remiges in late September indicates a juvenile\/1CY bird
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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em>, 2CY<\/strong>
\nBIF2445, 16\/04\/2011, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– light individual of dark morph, all coverts and remiges are one generation indicating a 2CY
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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2446, 16\/04\/2011, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– some secondaries are worn or missing indicating that this bird has to be older than 2CY
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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2447, 16\/04\/2011, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– both birds have almost completed their moult of secondaries, missing or worn secondaries by mid of April indicate an age older 2CY
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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2448, 16\/04\/2011, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– light individual of dark morph, on distance it can be misstaken for Sooty Shearwater, but this species has a brown body, white carpal patch and dark axillaries
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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2449, 12\/06\/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– rarely seen flying high above the water
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\nNorthern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni<\/em><\/strong>
\nBIF2450, 12\/06\/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
\n– most often seen gliding with long wings low over the water surface, active flight by low and fast wing beats<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

in flight nonvocal away from breeding grounds<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Southern Fulmar
\nSooty Shearwater
\nManx Shearwater
\nBalearic Shearwater
\nYelkouan Shearwater<\/p>\n

#petrel #fulmar #tubenose #seabird<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – medium-sized seabird, size of Common Gull – mostly dismigrational movements – diurnal migrant, possibly nocturnal as well, strictly marine – usually migrates singly, sometimes very loose, small flocks – rarely seen in Mediterranean Sea and Baltic Sea >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis auduboni, 1CY BIF2443, 13\/09\/2010, North Sea, … Continue reading Northern Fulmar
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