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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!

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

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
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Tufted Puffin

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Underwater Wings

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

Habilidad

Fish-Holding Beak

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

Habilidad

Deep Sea Diver

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
35-40 cm
Envergadura
60-70 cm
Peso
0.7-0.8 kg
Esperanza de vida
15-20 años
Top Speed
65 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta
1
Incubación
40-45 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • Sandlance
  • Herring
  • Capelin
  • Squid
  • Crustaceans

Método de búsqueda

  • Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

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Seguridad

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Always watch birds from a distance and do not try to touch them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Tufted Puffin?

35-40 cm

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Tufted Puffin?

60-70 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Tufted Puffin?

0.7-0.8 kg

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Tufted Puffin?

15-20 años

¿Cuál es el top Speed de Tufted Puffin?

65 km/h

¿Qué come Tufted Puffin?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Tufted Puffin?

Coastal areas

¿Cómo caza Tufted Puffin?

Pursuit

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