Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Fulmarus glacialis

Northern Fulmar

WoRMS 137195ITIS 174536key itis:174536

2026-08-05: worms_id 137195 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · Bennet McComish · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Fulmarus glacialis

Northern Fulmar51 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · sealifebase

Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) off Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales — Photo · Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · commons

The northern fulmar, Arctic fulmar, or simply fulmar is an abundant seabird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. There has been one confirmed sighting in the Southern Hemisphere, with a single bird seen south of New Zealand.W CalCOFI holds 2,223 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1987 and 2022.R

2,223
observations: 2,223
records: 2,223
sampling events: 1987–2022
years: 1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Seabirds & Marine Mammals 2,223 obs · 2,223 events · 1987–2022
name used: Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar · code NOFU

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:174536%22

Fulmarus glacialis

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.