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Northern Fulmar / Fulmarus glacialis LC

  • Synonyms Arctic Fulmar, Rodgers' Fulmar, Slender-billed Fulmar, Fulmar, Atlantic Fulmar, Pacific Fulmar, Fulmar Petrel
  • Old latin name for bird Procellaria glacialis

Northern Fulmarbird sounds *

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    Female, male, © Timo Janhonen
    United Kingdom
  • 2.
    Call, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 3.
    Call, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 4.
    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Iceland
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    Breeding calls, © Fraser Simpson
    United Kingdom
  • 6.
    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Iceland
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    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Iceland
  • 8.
    Duet, courtship, waves, © Arjun Dutta
    United Kingdom
  • 9.
    Call, © Ruud van Beusekom
    Iceland
  • 10.
    Call, © Patrik Åberg
    Iceland
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Southern Fulmar

Where to see Northern Fulmar

  • Breeding region Eurasia, North America
  • Breeding subregion is. and coasts of North Atlantic, bays between Arctic and North Atlantic, and North Pacific including Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea
  • Non breeding region to coasts of nw Pacific s to Japan, ne Pacific s to Baja California (nw Mexico), w Atlantic s to North Carolina, e Atlantic s to France

Northern Fulmar subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Fulmarus glacialis audubonise Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador, w, s Greenland and Iceland to w, n Europe and Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia)-No
Fulmarus glacialis glacialisne Canada from Baffin Bay and associated straits, n Greenland to Svalbard (n of Norway) and Franz Josef Land (n of Novaya Zemlya, nw Russia)to North Carolina (Gulf Stream, wc Atlantic) and Bay of Biscay (off Spain, ne Atlantic)No
Fulmarus glacialis rodgersiiKuril Is., Commander Is. and Bering Sea coast n to Chukchi Sea (e Russia), Pribilof and Aleutian is., se Alaska and British Columbian Pacific, Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas to coastal waters of e Japan and w coast of Baja California (nw Mexico)No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AlbanianStuhithyesi verior
Azerbaijaniağılsız
BasqueFulmarra, Fulmar
BelarusianГлупыш
BretonAr garamellenn, Karamell an norzh, Malamok
BulgarianПолярен буревестник, Северен фулмар
Catalanfulmar boreal, Fulmar
Chinese[bei-fang bai-fu xue-niao], [bao-xue hu], 暴风鹱, [bao-feng hu], 北方白腹穴鸟, 暴雪鹱
Chinese (Traditional)北方白腹穴鳥, 北方暴風鸌〔暴風鸌〕, 暴雪鸌, 暴風鸌
Chuvashглупыш
CornishGwylan an garrek
CroatianSjeverni zovoj, burnjak
CzechBurnák lední, buøòák lední, buřňák lední
DanishMallemuk
DutchNoordse Stormvogel, Noorse Stormvogel
EsperantoNorda fulmaro, Fulmaro
Estonianjää-tormilind
FaroeseNáti, Havhestur
Finnishmyrskylintu, Myrskulintu
FrenchFulmar glacial, Fulmar boréal, Pétrel fulmar, Pétrel glacial, Fulmar
FrisianMallemok
GalicianFulmar boreal, Fulmar
GermanEissturmvogel
GreekΘυελλoπoύλι, Θυελλοπούλι (του Ατλαντικού), Θυελλοπούλι
Hebrewיסעור שחפי, סערון שחפי
HungarianSirhályhojsza, északi sirályhojsza, Sirályhojsza
IcelandicFýll
InuktitutQaqulluk, Qaqudluk
IrishFulmaire
ItalianFulmaro boreale, Fulmaro artico, Fulmaro, Procellaria cenerina
Japaneseギンフルマカモメ, フルマカモメ
Kazakhполяр фульмары
Latvianķilde
Lithuanianšiaurinis fulmaras, Šiaurinis kvailelis
LuxembourgishÄisstuurmvull
MacedonianСеверен фулмар
ManxFulmyr, Eean Croymmagh, Foillan Albinagh
Northern SamiBummálas, Bupmálas
NorwegianStormfugl, Sørhavhest, havhest
Norwegian NynorskHavhest
Polishfulmar (zwyczajny), fulmar, Fulmar zwyczajny
PortuguesePombalete, Fulmar, fulmar glacial, Fulmar-glacial, fulmar-boreal
RomanianFurtunar de gheţuri
RussianСеверный глупыш, Глупыш, Glupysh
SerbianBurnjak
Slovakfulmar ľadový
Slovenianledni viharnik
SpanishFulmar, Fulmar Norteño, Fulmar boreal
Swedishstormfågel
Tatarаңгыра кош
TurkishKuzey fulmarı, Kutup Fırtınakuşu
Ukrainianбуревісник кочівний, Полярний буревісник
Uzbekглупиш
WelshAderyn-drycin y graig, Aderyn drycin y graig, Ffwlmar, Gwylan y graig