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Puffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puffins are any of three small species of alcids (auks) in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin
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Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - A-Z Animals
Puffin Classification and EvolutionThe Puffin is a small species of seabird that is closely related to other auks such as guillemots.
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/puffin/
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Atlantic Puffin Facts for Kids - Animal Fact Guide
Atlantic puffins are fast fliers. Flapping their wings at up to 400 beats/minute, they can fly as fast as 88 km/h (55mph). Learn more at Animal Fact Guide!
http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/atlantic-puffin/
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The RSPB: Puffin
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/p/puffin/
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Atlantic Puffin, Identification - All About Birds
Learn how to identify Atlantic Puffin, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A natty black-and-white seabird with a huge, multicolored bill, the Atlantic Puffin looks like a clown of the sea.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Atlantic_Puffin/id
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Puffin - ARKive
Puffins in flight and swimming - View incredible Puffin videos - Fratercula arctica - on ARKive.
http://www.arkive.org/puffin/fratercula-arctica/video-08.html
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Atlantic Puffins - National Geographic
Learn all you wanted to know about Atlantic puffins with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/atlantic-puffin
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Puffin FAQs - Project Puffin
Find the answers to the most commonly asked questions about puffins.
http://projectpuffin.audubon.org/birds/puffin-faqs
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A Puffin Comeback - Smithsonian
Atlantic puffins had nearly vanished from the Maine coast until a young biologist defied conventional wisdom to lure them home.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-puffin-comeback-126970
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Puffins - Iceland On The Web
Over half of the world´s population of the Atlantic Puffin breeds in Iceland, somewhere between 3 - 4 million pairs each year. The total population of puffins in Iceland is estimated to be between 8 and 10 million birds.
http://www.icelandontheweb.com/articles-on-iceland/nature/wildlife/puffins
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The Threatened Atlantic Puffins Are Nesting And It's Adorable
The Atlantic puffins are back...for now. After spending much of the year on the open sea, the photogenic birds have made their annual trip to the North Atlantic shores of Maine, Newfoundland, and the United Kingdom to breed.
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/06/threatened-atlantic-puffins-are-nesting-and-its-adorable
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Tufted Puffin and Horned Puffin - Kenai Fjords National Park
Puffins belong to the Alcid family, a group of diving birds that swim underwater using their wings for propulsion and their feet for steering. Two species of puffins nest in Kenai Fjords National Park, the horned and the tufted.
https://www.nps.gov/kefj/learn/nature/puffins.htm
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Puffins - Clowns of the Sea
Puffins are icons of the seabird world. With clown-like faces and huge, multicolored bills, they stand upright on sea cliffs along the northern oceans. Learn all about puffins.
http://www.birdnote.org/show/puffins-clowns-sea
