Northern Fulmar

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Northern Fulmar
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University

A gull-like relative of albatrosses and shearwaters, the Northern Fulmar is a bird of the northern oceans. It breeds in a few dozen scattered locations off Alaska and Canada, but is more abundant and widespread elsewhere in the northern hemisphere, especially in the northeast Atlantic.

Habitat
Breeds on steep sea cliffs. Winters at sea from ice-covered northern waters to temperate zones.

Food
Fish, squid, zooplankton, offal from fishing and whaling vessels, and other animal matter found at sea.

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