Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusFulmarus (Fulmars)
- SpeciesFulmarus glacialis (Northern Fulmar)
Closest Relatives at Olympic National Park
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma furcata
Leach's Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 2 | Kenai Fjords National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Katmai National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 12 | Thingvellir National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 13 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 14 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Fulmar in Olympic National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Northern Fulmar sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 86 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Fulmar in Olympic National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Northern Fulmar in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.