Fulmars with dark subterminal tail bands in the N Atlantic
Bob Flood, from Scilly Pelagics has recently posted an interesting video to Youtube ( find it here and embedded above) which shows something previously unknown which, as he comments, represents a discovery that Atlantic Fulmars ( Fulmarus glacialis ) can show dark subterminal tail bands. Something more to look for, beyond finding the interesting ' Blue Fulmar ' for those having Fulmars in their waters and seawatches. He has allowed Rare Birds in Spain blog to reproduce the video and his comments (our capitals): ' A key criteria for separation of Pacific Fulmar from Atlantic Fulmar is that in Pacific Fulmar the tail typically is much darker than the uppertail-coverts and contrasts strongly with them (i.e. visible tail either wholly dark or mainly dark forming a contrasting thick band); but not so in Atlantic Fulmar. This is a striking feature of Pacific Fulmar in all but dark morphs. So, when I saw this intermediate-morph bird in Spitsbergen (North Atlan