Tufted puffin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the tufted puffin lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Fratercula cirrhata
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	87.9 g (birth weight); 774 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Alcidae

Where does the tufted puffin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the tufted puffin in 3 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a tufted puffin?

Wikidata records the following for the tufted puffin: mass 87.9 g (birth weight); 774 g (adult weight).

Is the tufted puffin endangered?

The tufted puffin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the tufted puffin?

The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Alcidae, genus Fratercula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the tufted puffin

The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.

It is one of three species of puffin that make up the genus Fratercula and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tufted puffin (revision 1377311478), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q838607 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).