page_title: Southern fulmar
section_title: Behaviour
hierarchical_section_title: Southern fulmar / Behaviour
caption_attribution_description: Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides) in flight, East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
context_page_description: The southern fulmar is a seabird of the Southern Hemisphere. Along with the northern fulmar, F. glacialis, it belongs to the fulmar genus Fulmarus in the family Procellariidae, the true petrels. It is also known as the Antarctic fulmar or silver-grey fulmar.
  It is largely pale grey above and white below with a distinctive white patch on the wing. It breeds on the coast of Antarctica and on surrounding islands, moving north in winter. It nests in colonies on cliffs, laying a single egg on a ledge or crevice. Its diet includes krill, fish and squid picked from the water's surface.
caption: In flight
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