Stats

Lifespan: 30-60 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Carnivore
Activity: Cathemeral
Social: Colony
Biome: Open ocean
Range: Northern Hemisphere
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

Northern Fulmar, a seabird found in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, is a member of the Procellariidae family. Fulmars have a unique ability to dive to incredible depths, with some species able to reach over 4,000 feet below the ocean surface.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Genus: Fulmarus
Species: Fulmarus glacialis