Bird

Northern fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis
Bird
Northern fulmar
Habitat
Fort Clatsop
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1805-12-08

Lewis’s sketch of its distinctive nostrils clearly shows the Pacific subspecies of Northern fulmar which nest in Arctic.

In the NPS atlas of species the expedition described

Pacific fulmar

Animal · recorded by Meriwether Lewis

Described at Fort Clatsop. Lewis' sketch of its distinctive nostrils clearly shows the Pacific subspecies of Northern fulmar which nest in the Arctic.

Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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