Atlantic puffin

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The Atlantic puffin is a small, stocky seabird of the North Atlantic known for its colorful, parrot-like bill and its habit of nesting in colonies on coastal cliffs and islands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Atlantic puffin canonical 22
Atlantic puffins 1
Fratercula arctica 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animal
bird
seabird
ageAtFledging about 6–8 weeks
billColor brightly colored in breeding season
binomialName Atlantic puffin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fratercula arctica
bodyLength 28–30 cm
bodyMass 300–500 g
breedsIn Faroe Islands
Greenland
Iceland
Ireland
Maine
North Atlantic area
surface form: North Atlantic region

Norway
United Kingdom
Eastern Canada
surface form: eastern Canada
class Aves
clutchSize 1 egg per breeding season
commonName Atlantic puffin self-link
common puffin
conservationStatus Vulnerable
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
surface form: IUCN Red List
culturalRole tourist attraction in breeding areas
describedBy Carl Linnaeus
diet capelin
herring
marine invertebrates
sand eels
small fish
faceColor pale grey face in breeding plumage
family Alcidae
foragingMethod pursuit diving
underwater swimming using wings
forms breeding colonies
genus Fratercula
habitat coastal cliffs
offshore islands
open ocean
incubationPeriod about 39–45 days
kingdom Animalia
lifespan over 20 years in the wild
migration pelagic outside breeding season
nativeTo Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
nestsIn burrows
rock crevices
notableFeature bright orange legs and feet
large triangular multicolored bill
order Charadriiformes
parentalCare biparental care
phylum Chordata
plumageColor black upperparts
white underparts
symbolOf Atlantic coastal wildlife
Iceland
taxonRank species
threat climate change
introduced predators
overfishing of prey species
pollution
wingspan 47–63 cm
yearDescribed 1758

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fidra hasWildlife Atlantic puffin
Bass Rock hostsSpecies Atlantic puffin
St Kilda notableSpecies Atlantic puffin
Newfoundland and Labrador officialBird Atlantic puffin
Isle of May hasSpecies Atlantic puffin
Atlantic puffin binomialName Atlantic puffin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fratercula arctica
Atlantic puffin commonName Atlantic puffin self-link
Craigleith hasWildlife Atlantic puffin
Outer Firth of Forth islands majorFauna Atlantic puffin
Dùn hasFauna Atlantic puffin
Nólsoy hasBirdSpecies Atlantic puffin
Mykines birdSpecies Atlantic puffin
Skomer Island fauna Atlantic puffin
Skokholm Island supportsPopulationOf Atlantic puffin
Farne Islands knownFor Atlantic puffin
this entity surface form: Atlantic puffins
Farne Islands hasSpecies Atlantic puffin
Ailsa Craig hasSpecies Atlantic puffin
Varanger Peninsula hasBirdSpecies Atlantic puffin
Røst hostsSpecies Atlantic puffin
Alcidae notableSpecies Atlantic puffin
Forth Islands typicalSpecies Atlantic puffin