Tufted puffin
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The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of three species of puffin that make up the genus Fratercula and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.
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Tufted puffin | |
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Breeding adult, St. Paul Island, Alaska | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Alcidae |
Genus: | Fratercula |
Species: | F. cirrhata |
Binomial name | |
Fratercula cirrhata (Pallas, 1769) | |
Distribution map of the tufted puffin
extant (resident) extant (breeding visitor)
extant (winter visitor) | |
Synonyms | |
Alca cirrhata Pallas, 1769 |
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