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.
^BirdLife International (2020). "Fratercula cirrhata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22694934A168852266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694934A168852266.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
The tuftedpuffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae)...
the tuftedpuffin and horned puffin, are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic puffin is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. All puffin species...
TuftedPuffin Rock (Russian: Остров Топорков, Ostrov Toporkov) is a flat, rocky islet of the Commander Islands in the North Pacific Ocean, east of the...
Ocean; two related species, the tuftedpuffin and the horned puffin are found in the northeastern Pacific. The Atlantic puffin breeds in Russia, Iceland, Ireland...
between nesting and foraging grounds, sometimes with tuftedpuffins or murres. The horned puffin walks upright, gripping rock surfaces with its claws...
Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata Tuftedpuffin, Fratercula cirrhata Biodiversity of auks seems to have been markedly...
dance, runs away from home and encounters the Mighty Sven (Azaria), a tuftedpuffin that can fly. But when the penguins are trapped by a giant wall of ice...
1 mi)) and fifteen islets and rocks. The largest of the latter are TuftedPuffin Rock (Kamen Toporkov or Ostrov Toporkov), 15 ha (37 acres), and Kamen...
individuals breed in the Bering Sea region. Seabird species include tuftedpuffins, the endangered short-tailed albatross, spectacled eider, and red-legged...
several species of auklet (whiskered, least, and crested), horned and tuftedpuffin, common and thick-billed murre, Leach's and fork-tailed storm petrel...
carolinensis, A. minor, A. olsoni and A. stewarti) as well as the tuftedpuffin, Atlantic puffin and a form related to the rhinoceros auklet. One possible reason...
Medny Island and fifteen much smaller ones, the largest of which are TuftedPuffin Rock, 15 hectares, and Kamen Ariy, which are between 3 km and 13 km...
Refuge. The island is also a breeding site for rare birds such as the tuftedpuffin. Lichen-forming fungi Helocarpon lesdainii can be found on Picea sitchensis...
possibly eat. What exactly constitutes a colony is a matter of definition. Tuftedpuffins, for example, are pelagic birds that nest on the steep slopes and rocky...
Commander Islands Bering Island Medny Island Sea Lion Rock Sea Otter Rocks TuftedPuffin Rock (Kamen Toporkov or Ostrov Toporkov) Kamen Ariy 1946 Aleutian Islands...
exhibits sea and shore birds. Those on display include the seabirds tuftedpuffin, common murre, rhinoceros auklet, pigeon guillemot, and the shore bird...
after which the volcano appeared to return to relative inactivity. A tuftedpuffin on Bogoslof Island A fur seal colony on Bogoslof Island Surface of the...
wide variety of birdlife is apparent at Kotzebue Sound including the tuftedpuffin, black-throated diver and red-throated loon. The sound is a location...
common murre and thick-billed murre (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia) and tuftedpuffin (Fratercula cirrhata) The ecoregion also includes the Walrus Islands...
such as pigeon guillemots, common murres, black oystercatchers, and tuftedpuffins, roost and nest on the rock, raising their young usually between March...
seabird colony, hosting such species as the Cassin's auklet and the tuftedpuffin. The Cassin's auklet population is the world's largest. The island is...
caught puffins (Lunda cirrhata, Fratercula corniculata), guillemots, and murres. It took 40 skins of tuftedpuffin and 60 skins of horned puffin to make...
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