Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– medium-sized alcid, smaller than Common Murre
– diurnal migrant (nocturnal?)
– migrates in small flocks (usually in lines), sometimes mixed with other alcids

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>


Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, NBREED
BIF1276, 22/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, NBREED
BIF1277, 22/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, NBREED
BIF1278, 22/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, NBREED
BIF1279, 22/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, NBREED
BIF1398, 28/01/2011, North Sea, offshore, Michael Heiß


Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica, NBREED
BIF1399, 28/01/2011, North Sea, offshore, Michael Heiß

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– usually nonvocal during migration

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Black Guillemot (v)
Razorbill (v)
Little Auk (v)
Thick-billed Murre (v)
Common Murre (v)

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