This dark-bodied puffin is common along the northern Pacific Coast, nesting on islands offshore, where it may be seen sitting on rocks in an upright posture. Although it flies strongly, it must work hard to take off from the water, thrashing along the surface before becoming airborne.
The colorful tufts of feathers on the head are present mostly in summer. Photo gallery. Feeding Behavior Forages by diving and swimming underwater, using wings to "fly" through the depths, with tail spread and feet back to aid with steering.
Eggs one. Young both parents feed nestling, carrying fish in bill and dropping them on ground in nest or near entrance. Diet Mostly fish. Nesting Breeds in colonies on islands; active at colonies by day. More News. Reimagining the Tufted Puffin Illustrated Aviary Angela Haseltine Pozzi's nonprofit turns litter from Oregon beaches into 'beautiful and horrifying' sculptures of wildlife harmed by plastic pollution.
Explore Similar Birds. The Bird Guide Adopt a Bird. Atlantic Puffin Latin: Fratercula arctica. Crested Auklet Latin: Aethia cristatella. Horned Puffin Latin: Fratercula corniculata. Parakeet Auklet Latin: Aethia psittacula. Rhinoceros Auklet Latin: Cerorhinca monocerata. These birds need your help. Get Audubon in Your Inbox Let us send you the latest in bird and conservation news.
Email address. Find Audubon Near You Visit your local Audubon center, join a chapter, or help save birds with your state program. Although classic photos show puffins with lots of fish in their mouths, the nutritional value of the fish decreases with size. Adults carry fewer fish at a time and make more trips, in order to feed older nestlings approximately 14 fish per day.
When the puffin chicks fledge, they leave the nest at night in order to avoid predators. They flutter down to the water's edge alone and head for the open sea. They won't return to land again for two to three years, when they become breeding adults at the rookery. The Inuit people of Alaska used puffin skins to make feather-lined parkas. Beak plates were collected and strung together to form rattles used by shaman in rituals. Both the Aleuts and the Inuits sewed beak plates for decoration on the outside of their garments.
Explore This Park. Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska. Info Alerts Maps Calendar Reserve. Alerts In Effect Dismiss. Dismiss View all alerts. Tufted and Horned Puffins. A horned puffin in flight. Lasell Fratercula cirrhata Tufted Puffin Fratercula corniculata Horned Puffin Basic Info Puffins belong to the Alcid family, a group of diving birds that swim underwater using their wings for propulsion and their feet for steering.
Food and Survival Strategies The puffin diet consists mostly of white capelin 74 percent for tufted and 61 percent for horned. Reproduction and Young Puffins come to land only for nesting purposes. Human Connections The Inuit people of Alaska used puffin skins to make feather-lined parkas. Calls: The call is a low, growling "errrr. They breed in colonies on islands with steep, grassy slopes or on cliff tops.
Winter habitat is well offshore, in mid-ocean. Breeding colonies of Tufted Puffins are found on islands and some portions of mainland coastlines throughout the north Pacific, from the Chukchi Peninsula in Siberia to the Channel Islands off southern California.
They are mostly pelagic live at sea during the winter. Click the range map to learn more about the distribution of Tufted Puffin in Washington. Diet: The diet of Tufted Puffins is mostly small fish which they catch in their beak while swimming.
They also eat squids, octopuses, crabs, jellyfish and zooplankton. Behavior: Tufted Puffins are active at their nest colonies during the day and can often be seen sitting upright on rocks.
They dive and swim underwater, using their wings to paddle and their feet to steer their way through schools of small fish, which they catch in their bills. A puffin can hold a dozen fish crosswise in their bill until they return to the nest to feed the puffin chick. Puffins can carry fish back to their nest at a time.
The average catch is around 10 fish per trip, but the record in Maine is a whopping 62 fish at once!
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