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Puffins

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Alcidae
Genus:	Fratercula

Species

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula corniculata
Fratercula cirrhata

The puffin is an auk (or alcid) of the genus Fratercula with a brightly colored beak in the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving. They breed in large colonies, nesting in crevices or burrows.

There are three species:

F. arctica (Atlantic Puffin)
F. corniculata (Horned Puffin[?])
F. cirrhata (Tufted Puffin)

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