Horned puffin

The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding season and is shed later. They have a small fleshy black horn above their eyes. They have a white face with a dark line extending from the back of the eye and red feet.

The Horned puffin is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Distribution of the Horned Puffin in North America and easternmost Asia. Despite its ubiquitous appearance as a curio in gift shops, the Horned Puffin is a poorly studied member of the auk family. Distributed throughout subarctic waters of the North Pacific, its large breeding colonies are isolated and difficult to access. Unlike its close relatives, the Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Tufted Puffin (F. More

The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin; this bird's bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish. It nests in colonies, often with other auks. The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding season and is shed later. They have a small fleshy black "horn" above their eyes. More

species, the Tufted Puffin and Horned Puffin, are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the best known species, the iconic Atlantic Puffin, is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. Iceland is the home to most of the Atlantic Puffins with about 10 million individuals. The largest single puffin colony in the world is in Westmann Isles, islands that belong to Iceland. In 2009, scientists estimated the number of nests to be 1.1 million, and number of individuals there is estimated to be up to 4.0 millions. More

Horned Puffins, members of the auk family, are a pelagic species, spending their non-breeding life at great distances from land. Range & Distribution Widely distributed throughout the sub-Arctic waters of the North Pacific, from the mid-Transition Zone (about 35 More

horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata) and the tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata). They belong to the family alcidae, which includes auks, auklets, murres, murrelets, and guillemots. Alcids spend most of their lives on the open sea and only visit land to breed in the summer. In Alaska, puffins breed on coastal islands and headlands from Forrester Island in southeastern Alaska to Cape Lisburne on the Chukchi Sea Coast. Horned puffins are more prevalent farther north than tufted puffins. More

Horned puffins are the species most often depicted on souvenirs. In summer they have a black back and neck with white on the sides of the head and on their breast. The white breast is so distinctive that in one Eskimo language puffins are called katukh-puk, meaning "big white breast." The Horned Puffin has a small, fleshy, dark "horn" above each eye in the summer. The beak is bright yellow with a red tip. More

Horned Puffin NestingReproduction Horned Puffins reach breeding age at between three to five years of age and it is assumed that prolonged monogamy occurs in this species. They nest in rocky crevices on steep slopes or cliffs and are thought to nest in the same location each year. Peak egg laying season is between mid-June and the first week of July when the female lays just one egg. More

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A striking seabird, the Horned Puffin nests in colonies on islands and coastlines of Alaska. It spends most of the year on the high seas of the northern Pacific. More

Horned Puffins will return from hunting with several small fish in their beaks. They also eat squid and crustaceans. The population of these birds has declined due to the introduction of rats onto some islands used for nesting. References - Horned Puffin, Hall Island * BirdLife International (2004). Fratercula corniculata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. More

What makes a Horned puffin different from other species of puffins? Read answer... Why is a puffin bird called a puffin? Read answer... Why did they name puffins a puffin? Read answer... More

b) Horned Puffin: The Horned Puffin looks similar to the Atlantic Puffin however it is easily distinguished by its mostly yellow bill with orange tip (missing blue/gray section towards base of bill). The Horned Puffin receives its name from the horny projections that extend above its eyes. Range: Breeds from northwestern Alaska south along coast to Alaska-British Columbia border. More

Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata)Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) Horned PuffinThe Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is a pelagic (open sea) seabird that belongs to the auk family. Breeding / Range This puffin breeds on rocky islands off the coasts of Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, in burrows, in rocky cavities or among rocks. It nests in colonies, often with other auks. It winters far out to sea. More

2 million Horned Puffins breed in the North Pacific, almost exclusively in Siberia and Alaska. Unlike Tufted Puffins, Horned Puffins find cozy crevices in rocky cliffs to lay their eggs and raise their chicks. Horned Puffins lay only one plain white egg. Like all others members of the Alcidae family, both parents incubate the egg and raise the growing chick. Each parent shares mealtime duties by carrying up to 15 fish at once back to the chick. More

Normally, Horned Puffins live off the coast of Alaska, where the Aleut Natives used them for clothing and food. However, sometimes their range also reaches into Washington during the summer breeding months. During the other months the Horned Puffin flies far out into the Pacific Ocean, roaming the open waters. These birds are rare in the states of Oregon and California. More

The Horned Puffin is the North Pacific equivalent of the Atlantic Puffin. It breeds off the coasts of eastern Siberia from the northern Kurile Island, Sakhalin Island, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Commander Islands in the USSR, north around the shore of the Bering Sea to the Diomede Island and the Chukchi Sea, and on through the Aleutian chain and along the coast of Alaska. More

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Horned PuffinThe horned puffin is a small, pigeon-sized bird with black uppersides and a white chest and undersides. It has a white face and cheeks with a small black "horn" above its eyes and a thin, dark line that runs from from its eyes to the nape of its neck . It has a large, triangular orange bill with a red tip. It has bright orange legs and webbed feet with claws on the ends of them. More

Because of its colorful bill, the horned puffin is sometimes called the sea parrot. Horned PuffinHorned puffins exhibit a type of deceptive coloration called counter shading. Animals with countershading have different colors on their backs and stomachs. The puffin's dark coloring on the top makes it hard for predators above them in the water to see them because the puffin blends into the dark water. More

Horned Puffins will return from hunting with several small fish in their beaks. They also eat squid and crustaceans. The population of these birds has declined due to the introduction of rats onto some islands used for nesting. More

The Horned Puffin looks very much like the Atlantic species of puffin, but it has a ridge of hardened skin that rises above its eyes in a thin verticalWhat does vertical mean? line towards the top of its head. This feature is what gives this species of puffin its name. Its bill is very colorful. It is yellow with a red tip. It has a triangle patch of white on its face. During the summer months it has white on its breast and undersides, and is black everywhere else. More

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vues winkgross — 11 mars 2007 — Horned Puffin seen from beach at Tierra del Mar, Tillamook Co., Oregon. Handheld video through spotting scope. winkgross — 11 mars 2007 — Horned Puffin seen from beach at Tierra del Mar, Tillamook Co., Oregon. Handheld video through spotting scope. More