The rhinoceros auklet ( Cerorhinca monocerata) and the puffins are closely related, together composing the tribe Fraterculini. It is in the auk family, Alcidae, which includes the guillemots, typical auks, murrelets, auklets, puffins, and the razorbill. The Atlantic puffin is a species of seabird in the order Charadriiformes. It is the official bird symbol for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The striking appearance, large colourful bill, waddling gait, and behaviour of this bird have given rise to nicknames such as 'clown of the sea' and 'sea parrot'. Sometimes, a bird such as an Arctic skua will harass a puffin arriving with a beakful of fish, causing it to drop its catch. It swims away from the shore and does not return to land for several years.Р”В¬olonies are mostly on islands with no terrestrial predators, but adult birds and newly fledged chicks are at risk of attacks from the air by gulls and skuas. After about 6 weeks, it is fully fledged and makes its way at night to the sea. The chick mostly feeds on whole fish and grows rapidly. It nests in clifftop colonies, digging a burrow in which a single white egg is laid. Spending the autumn and winter in the open ocean of the cold northern seas, the Atlantic puffin returns to coastal areas at the start of the breeding season in late spring. Puffins from northern populations are typically larger than in the south and these populations are generally considered a different subspecies. The juvenile does not have brightly coloured head ornamentation, its bill is narrower and is dark-grey with a yellowish-brown tip, and its legs and feet are also dark. The juvenile has similar plumage, but its cheek patches are dark grey. The external appearance of the adult male and female are identical, though the male is usually slightly larger. It moults while at sea in the winter and some of the bright-coloured facial characteristics are lost, with color returning again during the spring. Its broad, boldly marked red and black beak and orange legs contrast with its plumage. This puffin has a black crown and back, pale grey cheek patches and white underparts. At sea, it swims on the surface and feeds mainly on small fish, which it catches by diving under water, using its wings for propulsion. On land, it has the typical upright stance of an auk. Although it has a large population and a wide range, the species has declined rapidly, at least in parts of its range, resulting in it being rated as vulnerable by the IUCN. The Atlantic Puffin is most commonly found on the Westman Islands, Iceland. The Atlantic puffin breeds in QuР“В©bec, Iceland, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and the Faroe Islands, and as far south as Maine in the west and France in the east. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin, are found in the northeastern Pacific.

The Atlantic puffin ( Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. Breeding range (orange) and winter range (yellow)

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