Derivation
Ful-mar'-us - Norse, full, foul; mar, mew (gull): gläc'-ia-löi'-des - L., glacialis (ice-loving), name of another species of Fulmar; -oides, from Gk eidos, form = like
Habitat
Circumpolar in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters, in open water and pack-ice. In winter, pelagic in southern seas, reaching sub-tropical and occasionally tropical waters.
Angola, Antarctica (B), Argentina, Australia, Bouvet Island (B), Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (B), St Helena, Uruguay (NB).
Antarctica and outlying islands, including Scotia Archepelago and north to Bouvetøya.
Population
Estimated population is 4,000,000 (2010).
Voice
Loud, guttural cackle, like, 'aark-ag-ag-ag-ag ... arrr' in threat, with much variation and changing intensity. Soft droning or guttural croaking in courtship.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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