Fulmar prion

Pachyptila crassirostris

The Fulmar prion (Pachyptila crassirostris) is a bird found in New Zealand, Heard & McDonald Islands, Australia and Antarctica. Open southern oceans, nesting on remote islands. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Pachyptila crassirostris
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	New Zealand, Heard & McDonald Islands, Australia and Antarctica

🏡 Where the Fulmar prion lives

Open southern oceans, nesting on remote islands.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs90%
🐟 Fish10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 It has a very wide bill and sifts tiny sea creatures from the water.

Hear the Fulmar prion

Recorded by Cam Maclean/David Boyle (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1058886. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Fulmar prion

Where does the Fulmar prion live?

The Fulmar prion lives in New Zealand, Heard & McDonald Islands, Australia and Antarctica. Open southern oceans, nesting on remote islands.

What does the Fulmar prion eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), fish (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Fulmar prion endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.