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Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)



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Class: Aves
Family: Alcidae
Common Name: Tufted Puffin
Genus: Fratercula
Species Name: cirrhata

About The Tufted Puffin

Tufted puffins are Northern Pacific sea birds that spend a majority of the year over the Pacific Ocean, but nest along coastlines from lower California to Alaska, and across the ocean from Japan to the shores of northeastern Asia. (Gaston 1998)

Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); palearctic (Native ); pacific ocean (Native )



Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors
Bibliographic Citation: Stirling, K. 2000. "Fratercula cirrhata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at Citation Link

Trips Where Observed

Alaska
Alaska 2010

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