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Atlantic Puffin

Atlantic Puffin. By Brendan. Habitat. Range: Nests E.Maine to Newfoundland and Iceland to Ireland, UK and nw. coast of France. Physical features. Size: 11 1/2 - 13 1/2" long; wingspan 21-24"; weight 490.5 gr. (1 lb. 1 1/3 oz.). Food.

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Atlantic Puffin

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  1. Atlantic Puffin By Brendan

  2. Habitat • Range: Nests E.Maine to Newfoundland and Iceland to Ireland, UK and nw. coast of France.

  3. Physical features • Size: 11 1/2 - 13 1/2" long; wingspan 21-24"; weight 490.5 gr. (1 lb. 1 1/3 oz.).

  4. Food • Feeding habits: Eats small fish and shrimp, dives from air or surface, swims rapidly underwater using wings like other alcids, catches small fishes, mollusks, and crustaceans, which it swallows underwater, but when feeding young, can carry up to 30 small fishes at one time, crosswise in bill owing to round tongue and slight serrations on interior of upper mandible which help it hold fishes.

  5. Other names • Other names: Common puffin, bottle-nose, coulterneb, Labrador auk, large-billed puffin, pope, sea parrot, tammy norie.

  6. Nesting Habitats • Nesting habits: Nests in burrows, usually 1 egg, incubates 42 days (average).

  7. How we can help • http://www.seabird.org/sospuffin.asp

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