Field record
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
- Location
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.14° N · 8.24° W
Field guideVulnerable
It can hold a dozen or more small fish crosswise in its bill at once, pinning them against backward-pointing spines on its palate while still catching more.
- Family
- Alcidae (auks)
- Length
- 26–29 cm
- Wingspan
- 47–63 cm
- Diet
- Small forage fish (sandeels, herring, capelin) caught by pursuit-diving
- Range
- Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and Arctic