Fulmar
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The fulmars are tube-nosed seabirds in the family Procellariidae. The family includes two extant species, and two extinct fossil species from the Miocene.
Fulmarus glacialis on cliff
A northern fulmar in flight
A tail-piece wood engraving in Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds, Volume 2: Water Birds, 1804
The catch of fulmars on St Kilda; George Washington Wilson, August 1884
Southern fulmar
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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
Fulmar
…the same niche in different oceans. The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) or just fulmar lives in the North Atlantic and North Pacific, whereas the southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) is, as its name implies, a bird of the Southern Oceans. These birds look superficially like gulls, but are not closely related…
Fulmarus glacialoides SE Tasmania
In flight
Egg of Fulmarus glacialoides