Southern Fulmar
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Southern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialoides(Smith, A, 1840)

Least ConcernNative
Order
PROCELLARIIFORMES
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.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
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  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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