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Encyclopedia > Fratercula
Puffins

Atlantic Puffin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
Genus: Fratercula
Species

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula corniculata
Fratercula cirrhata


The puffin is an auk (or alcid) of the genus Fratercula (Latin: Little Brother - probably a reference to their black and white plumage resembling monastic robes) with a brightly colored beak in the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving. They breed in large colonies, nesting in crevices or burrows.


Puffins are chunky birds with large bills. Their short wings are adapted for swimming under water. In the air, they beat their wings rapidly in swift flight, often flying low over the ocean's surface. Sailors used to refer to these birds as "sea parrots".


There are three species:


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Puffins (967 words)
Of the Alcidae (Auk) family, there are three types:Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica)Horned Puffins (Fratercula corniculata)Tufted Puffins (Lunda cirrhata) These sea birds spend most of their lives on the water, coming ashore only to breed and raise their single puffling each year.
The Atlantic or Common Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is the species which is seen in Shetland and the rest of Britain.
The Common or Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula artica) is a rather small sea bird that spends most of its time at sea in the Northern Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Puffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1331 words)
The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird in the auk family.
Heavy metal and arsenic content in seabirds affected by the Prestige oil spill on the Galician coast (NW Spain) Science of The Total Environment15 April 2006.
This page was last modified 19:15, 27 June 2006.
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