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Tufted Puffin

Fratercula cirrhata

The Tufted Puffin is a colorful bird with a funny, fluffy hairstyle! They have bright orange beaks and love to dive underwater to catch fish. These birds are great swimmers and can hold their breath for a long time!

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

Aussehen

The Tufted Puffin has a striking black body with a prominent white face patch, crowned by distinctive long, golden-yellow feather tufts extending back from its eyes. Its large, triangular bill turns vibrant orange and yellow during breeding season, making it easily identifiable.

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Tufted Puffin

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby puffins are called 'pufflings' and they grow very fast on a diet of fresh fish!

Puffin pairs often return to the exact same burrow year after year to raise their single chick.

They spend most of their lives far out at sea, only coming ashore to breed.

Tufted Puffin feet are bright orange too, perfect for steering when they swim fast!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Tufted Puffins can 'fly' underwater, flapping their powerful wings to propel themselves through the ocean in pursuit of fish.

Tufted Puffins have a specially adapted, serrated beak that helps them carry up to a dozen small fish at once for their chicks.

Tufted Puffins can dive over 60 meters deep to catch food, thanks to their dense bones and efficient oxygen use.

Maße und Details

Länge: 35-40 cm
Flügelspannweite: 60-70 cm
Gewicht: 0.7-0.8 kg
Lebenserwartung: 15-20 Jahre
Top Speed: 65 km/h
Gelegegröße: 1
Brutzeit: 40-45 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These sea birds mainly eat small fish and marine invertebrates caught by diving deep underwater.

Hauptnahrung

Sandlance
Herring
Capelin
Squid
Crustaceans

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Adults and chicks are hunted by this large raptor.

eaten by

Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus glaucescens

Gulls prey on eggs and young pufflings in colonies.

hunts

Pacific Sandlance

Ammodytes hexapterus

A primary food source, caught by diving underwater.

hunts

Pacific Herring

Clupea pallasii

Frequently hunted for food, especially for chicks.

Merkmale

Gefiedert

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Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.