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Blue Fulmar

A colour phase of the Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in which the white plumage is replaced by grey. It is not regarded as a subspecies, but merely as an example of dimorphism. Few British Fulmars are blue, but the phase may dominate in an Arctic population.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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