The fulmar petrel (Fulmarus glacialis), also known as a mallee, is a seabird of the order of tube-beaked birds (Procellariiformes). At first glance, the fulmar looks like a gull, but petrels and gulls are not directly related. The petrel is grey and white with a yellow bill. Its length is 45-50 cm and wingspan 101-117 cm. There are both dark and light colour variations of the fulmar. Like other petrels, the fulmar can walk quite poorly. However, they are excellent fliers, with fairly stiff, straight wings, which distinguishes them from gulls. They have a thick neck and a relatively short bill. Life expectancy is high; it is not unusual for them to live to 40 years. The fulmar is found in the Arctic and the northern Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The species can be seen all year round on the Dutch and Belgian North Sea coast, but especially after a period of onshore, stormy winds in autumn. Sometimes by hundreds, usually a few to dozens. It can be confused with the herring gull. However, fulmars lack the black wingtips and fly very differently.
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