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Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis · Family Procellariidae

Fulmarus glacialis

Family Procellariidae

Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,318,788
Countries and territories with records
71
Northern Fulmar
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About this species

This species has 1,318,788 occurrence records from 71 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United Kingdom (52.1%), the United States (12.7%), Norway (5.5%), Ireland (5.2%) and the Faroe Islands (4.3%); together they account for 79.7% of the total. In the United Kingdom, this species accounts for 1.1% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Fulmarus glacialis combines the genus name Fulmarus with the species epithet glacialis. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Fulmarus: Fulmarus glacialoides.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 72 species of the family Procellariidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 20.8 times the family average (63,393). The family Procellariidae belongs to the order Procellariiformes, which has 109 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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