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Species
Antarctic fulmar
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderProcellariiformes
- FamilyProcellariidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Fulmar
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Mass
- 745
- Image
- Fulmarus glacialoides in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Fulmarus glacialoides
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- Fulmarus glacialoides
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- Fulmarus glacialoides
- taxon common name
- pombalete-do-sul
- wingspan
- 117
- egg incubation period
- 46
- litter size
- 1
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) 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.
It is largely pale grey above and white below with a distinctive white patch on the wing. It breeds on the coast of Antarctica and on surrounding islands, moving north in winter. It nests in colonies on cliffs, laying a single egg on a ledge or crevice. Its diet includes krill, fish and squid picked from the water's surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Southern Fulmar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.