Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

Query: Petrel

Result: 349^th of 374

Subject:	Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
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Larus glaucus
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer De walvischvangst
Old Latin name Larus glaucus
New Latin name Fulmarus glacialis
Common name Nederlands: Noordse stormvogel
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Larus_glaucus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17900230.tif

The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), fulmar, or Arctic fulmar is a highly abundant sea bird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Though similar in appearance to gulls, fulmars are in fact members of the family Procellariidae, which include petrels and shearwaters.

Order: Procellariiformes
Family: Procellariidae
Species: Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms: Procellaria glacialis Linnaeus, 1761

Petrel
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