Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

Vulnerable

The Atlantic Puffin is a familiar North Atlantic seabird that nests in burrows on grassy cliffs and islands. It dives for small schooling fish, carrying multiple fish back to its chicks in its colorful bill. Declines in parts of its European range and changing marine food webs make it Vulnerable.

Family

Alcidae

Group

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

Range

Atlantic Puffin Range — North Atlantic breeding colonies from eastern Canada and Greenland to Iceland, Britain, Scandinavia, and Arctic Russia

Population

≈ 12M-14M

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