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 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma furcata
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
Leach's Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
📅 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 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Northern Fulmar sighting in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Fulmar in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Northern Fulmar in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in our monthly data.