The clown of the sea, puffins spend most of their lives on the open ocean, returning to land only to breed. Their colorful beaks are specially adapted to carry dozens of small fish at once.
Vocalizations
Billing call
Skomer Island, Wales
Grade B
0:28
Recordings sourced from Xeno-canto. Quality grades: A (excellent) to E (poor).
Distribution & Habitat
North Atlantic
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Classification
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Alcidae
- Season
- Spring–Summer (breeding)
- Diet
- Fish, Sand eels, Herring
Measurements
- Wingspan
- 47–63 cm
- Length
- 26–29 cm
- Weight
- 310–500 g
Data Sources
- eBird
- iNaturalist
- Xeno-canto