Northern Fulmar

Also known as Arctic Fulmar, Fulmar Petrel, Mallemuck

Northern fulmars glide effortlessly over stormy subarctic waves on stiff, unbending wings, relying on dynamic soaring to cover thousands of ocean kilometers without flapping. When threatened at their cliffside nests, adults and chicks defend themselves by forcefully projectile-vomiting a noxious, oily orange fluid that ruins the waterproofing of predator feathers. Long-lived and slow to mature, mated pairs return each spring to the same rocky ledge to raise a single chick.