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More About Puffins ...
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"The puffin is an auk (or alcid) of the genus Fratercula with a brightly colored beak in the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving. They breed in large colonies, nesting in crevices or burrows".
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Taxonmony
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Puffins
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INFO LINKS
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Atlantic Puffin
Gough, G.A., Sauer, J.R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
USGS data sheet on Atlantic Puffin, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information. Read More
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Tufted Puffin
Gough, G.A., Sauer, J.R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
USGS data sheet on Tufted Puffin, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information. Read More
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Atlantic Puffin
Canadian Wildlife Service
Categorized and detailed information on behavior, range and abundance, breeding biology, food and feeding, etc. "The scientific name of the Atlantic Puffin is Fratercula arctica. Fratercula means "little brother" or "friar," perhaps a reference to the puf Read More
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Atlantic Puffin
Project Puffin
Images and and interesting narrative. "Atlantic Puffins are very social birds. They nest in colonies, where several pairs have nests close together". Read More
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Atlantic Puffin
National Geographic
Atlantic Puffin fact sheet and pictures; video clip; audio clip Read More
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Horned Puffin
Gough, G.A., Sauer, J.R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
USGS data sheet on Horned Puffin, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information."The Horned Puffin is most similar to the Tufted Puffin". Read More
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Tufted Puffin
eNature.com
Pictures, Sounds, and categorized information. "The Tufted Puffin has adapted a burrowing strategy for nesting". Read More
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Atlantic Puffin
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Extensive species account including range map, call details, 'cool facts', etc. Read More
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Horned Puffin
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Extensive species account including range map, call details, 'cool facts', etc. Read More
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Tufted Puffin
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Extensive species account including range map, call details, 'cool facts', etc. Read More
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Hornbilled Puffin
web.edunet4u.net/~nature/ (Korean)
Brief description and picture Read More
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Atlantic Puffin
Birdwatcher's digest
Picture and brief description of Atlantic Puffin Read More
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