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Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Tufted Puffin
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.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Fratercula cirrhata
- Family
- Auks, Murres, and Puffins
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Similar species
Other members of the auks, murres, and puffins family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Dovekie Alle alle
- Guadalupe Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
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