BirdUp · Species
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides(Smith, A, 1840)
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- PROCELLARIIFORMES
- Family
- Procellariidae
- Genus
- Fulmarus
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The southern fulmar is a seabird of the Southern Hemisphere. Along with the northern fulmar, F. glacialis, it belongs to the fulmar genus Fulmarus in the family Procellariidae, the true petrels. It is also known as the Antarctic fulmar or silver-grey fulmar.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- SO, AN : islets and coast of Antarctica
- Non-breeding range
- South oceans from pack-ice to Humboldt Current off Chile and Peru
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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