---
title: "Fulmar zwyczajny"
description: "Fulmarus glacialis — Ptaki. The northern fulmar, Arctic fulmar, or simply fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is an abundant seabird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-fulmar
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fulmar zwyczajny

> Fulmarus glacialis — Ptaki. The northern fulmar, Arctic fulmar, or simply fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is an abundant seabird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.

- Scientific name: *Fulmarus glacialis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże), `arctic` (Arktyka)
- iNaturalist observations: 15776
- Wikidata: [Q26896](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26896)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4180](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4180)

## Names

- en: Northern Fulmar
- de: Eissturmvogel
- es: Fulmar norteño
- fr: Fulmar boréal
- nl: Noordse stormvogel
- pt: Fulmar-glacial
- pl: Fulmar zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3207), IS (2533), US (1666), SJ (680), IE (576), FR (371), CA (254), GL (226), RU (209), FO (196), DE (134), NO (84)

## Summary

The northern fulmar, Arctic fulmar, or simply fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is an abundant seabird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. There has been one confirmed sighting in the Southern Hemisphere, with a single bird seen south of New Zealand. Fulmars come in one of two colour morphs; a light one in temperate populations, with white head and body and grey wings and tail, and a dark one in arctic populations, which is uniformly grey; intermediate birds are common. Though similar in appearance to gulls, fulmars are in fact members of the family Procellariidae, which…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_fulmar

## Photo

![Fulmar zwyczajny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-fulmar/medium.jpg)

Photo: Wouter Van Landuyt · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40961627

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-fulmar?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).