Auks (Alcidae)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - HBW 3, p. 720
French: Macareux moine
German: Papageitaucher
Spanish: Frailecillo Atlántico
Other common names: (Common) Puffin
Taxonomy: Alca arctica Linnaeus, 1758, northern Norway.
Recorded differences separating grabae from nominate arctica may reflect clinal variation only. Three races recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- naumanni Norton, 1901 - NE Canada (high E Arctic) and NW & E Greenland to Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen and N Novaya Zemlya.
- arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) - SE Baffin I and Hudson Bay S to Maine, and E through SW & SGreenland and Iceland to Bear I, C & N Norway, Kola Peninsula and S Novaya Zemlya.
- grabae (C. L. Brehm, 1831) - Faeroes, S Norway and SW Sweden S through British Is to Channel Is and NW France.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Group of birds on cliff Locality Runde, More og Romsdal County, Norway
Per Johan 2 June 2007 1 year ago 1 min 7 sec 4.9 -
Head, beak, plumage close-up Locality Runde, More og Romsdal County, Norway
Per Johan 1 June 2007 1 year ago 53 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of a bird with fish Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 21 June 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.6 -
Adults resting on rocks near their breeding colony Locality Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, Great Britain (ssp grabae)
Greg Baker 28 May 2006 16 weeks ago 39 sec 4.5 -
A group of birds on the grass next to the cliffs Locality Saltee Islands, Wexford County, Ireland (ssp grabae)
Peter van Dam 4 July 2002 4 years ago 57 sec 4.5 -
Close-up of the head of a bird, yawning and walking away Locality Machias Seal Island, Washington County, Maine, USA (United States) (ssp arctica)
Robert Schaefer 19 June 2007 3 years ago 23 sec 4.5
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adult, Hornøya, Vardø, Finmark
Locality Norway
Vytautas JUSYS 23 June 2011 29 weeks ago 4.7 -
bringing food to chicks
Locality Great Skellig (Skellig Michael) Island, County Kerry, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 22 June 2009 30 weeks ago 4.7 -
Soon to travel in colony to live at sea until April. By August there are no puffins left on Great Skellig.
Locality County Kerry, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 9 July 2009 1 year ago 4.7 -
Adult with fishes on the mouth
Locality Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, Great Britain
Dani Valverde 21 June 2008 46 weeks ago 4.6 -
When will guy with camera look the other way and let me feed my chicks in the burrow?
Locality County Kerry, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 10 June 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Atlantic Puffins are returning to their colonies for the new breeding season.
Locality Isle of May, Firth of Forth, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp grabae)
Steve Garvie 11 April 2010 1 year ago 4.5
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