Fratercula cirrhata, Tufted puffin
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Fratercula cirrhata   (Pallas, 1769)

Tufted puffin
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Alcidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; depth range 0 - 59 m (Ref. 62201).  Subtropical; 70°N - 32°N, 127°E - 117°W (Ref. 125423)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean and the Arctic. From Alaska, Chukchi and Bering Sea, south to Aleutian Islands, east to California, USA and Canada and west to Japan and Russia. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmmax. published weight: 779.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 5.84 cm; tarsus: 3.61 cm; wing: 20.055 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A large alcid, about 40 cm in length. Plunge diver; continental shelf; <100 km (Ref. 356). Semi-precocial mode of development. Ground nesting species; in burrows. When spotting a threat, adults give out alarm calls to warn chicks who respond by moving to a nearby hiding place. Displays "group flight" behavior. Vulnerable to oil pollution as a piscivore; saw 50% decline in population from 1989 in Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez oil spill (Ref. 87784). Captures and eats prey underwater except food carried to chicks. Tends to forage more offshore in shelf and shelf-edge waters than coastally (Ref. 62201).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gjerdrum, C. 2004 Parental provisioning and nestling departure decisions: a supplementary feeding experiment in Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) on Triangle Island, British Columbia. The Auk 121:463-472. (Ref. 80101)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 February 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.2 - 9.7, mean 4.3 (based on 370 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=18.83-42.19).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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