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 2 years ago 1 min 7 sec 4.9 -
A clouse up. Locality Sumburgh Head, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Great Britain
Jeremiusz Trzaska 8 July 2012 43 weeks ago 32 sec 4.8 -
Head, beak, plumage close-up Locality Runde, More og Romsdal County, Norway
Per Johan 1 June 2007 2 years ago 53 sec 4.7 -
A close-up of a bird with fish Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 21 June 2010 2 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
Three birds on the grass. Locality Noss National Nature Reserve, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Great Britain
Jeremiusz Trzaska 10 July 2012 42 weeks ago 25 sec 4.7 -
A bird on a rock, standing up to reveal rings on both legs Locality Machias Seal Island, Washington County, Maine, USA (United States) (ssp arctica)
Robert Schaefer 19 June 2007 5 years ago 20 sec 4.6
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cooming back from fishing
Locality Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, Great Britain (ssp grabae)
gerfer 43 weeks ago 4.8 -
Adult bringing back food for chicks
Locality Borgarfjörður, Vesturland (West) Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 16 June 2012 44 weeks ago 4.6 -
adult, Hornøya, Vardø, Finmark
Locality Norway
Vytautas JUSYS 23 June 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
portrait
Locality Látrabjarg, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 10 June 2012 42 weeks ago 4.6 -
bringing food to chicks
Locality Great Skellig (Skellig Michael) Island, County Kerry, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 22 June 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Adult with fishes on the mouth
Locality Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, Great Britain
Dani Valverde 21 June 2008 2 years ago 4.5
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