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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Others. Subtropical; 67°N - 27°N, 26°W - 40°E (Ref. 125423)
Arctic, Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Subtropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 72.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84934); max. published weight: 1.6 kg (Ref. 356)
Culmen: 5.67 cm; tarsus: 6.34 cm; wing: 26.45 cm.
In the North Sea off the east coast of Scotland and northern England, this species primarily forage inshore and breeding birds only spend approx. 30% of daylight period at sea, feeding primarily on the sandeel, Ammodytes marinus. They surface-feed by scooping prey from the water and also able to exploit the water column by diving. They form nesting colonies with breeding pairs sharing incubation and chick-rearing duties. Adults feed their chicks with regurgitated food (Ref. 95711).
Amundsen, T. and J.N. Stokland. 1990. (Ref. 91589)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.5 - 19.6, mean 12.3 (based on 985 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=14.9-42.87).
Price category
Unknown.