DistributionThe Atlantic Puffin can be allocated in numerous places since it is always flying around the open sea. Found along the Northern Atlantic coast. It's distributed from Canada to Nova Scotia than west to Greenland and Iceland, and Scandanavia to Northern Russia, and finally to Ireland.
Vocabulary
Allocate- The place of, to locate, to set apart
Serrate- Having a grooved edge Apprehend- To take into custody Agile- quick and well coordinated in movement Cohort- A companion or associate |
ClassificationKingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Genus: Fratercula Species: Arctica Biology/Morphology This bird spends most of its life at sea only returning to cohort during the breeding season. This animal typically weighs around 17.5 ounces and is about 10 inches tall. Its lifespan averages at around 20 years. The Puffin is a great flyer capable of flying up to speeds of 55 mph. The Atlantic puffin is a carnivore whose diet consists of small fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and its favorite meal, sand eels. Has an extra bone in its jaw in order to prevent captured fish from falling out. A serrated bill also helps the bird carry fish. Interesting FactsThe Atlantic Puffin is nicknamed the sea parrot because of its colorful beak in the summer which appears grey in the winter.
A Puffin has been spotted apprehending a record number of 83 sand eels in its mouth at one time. Not an agile lander; often crash lands when it does have to come onto land for the breeding season. |