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Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 10,457, February 7,724, March 12,101, April 19,038, May 27,450, June 29,932, July 32,029, August 27,545, September 20,223, October 15,095, November 8,249, December 6,447.
United States248,232
Alaska216,289
Canada28,379
Quebec8,545
New Brunswick1,585
Maine1,555
Newfoundland and Labrador1,081
Portugal1,034
United Kingdom897
Nova Scotia872

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderShorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes
FamilyAuks, Murres, and Puffins · Alcidae
GenusPuffins · Fratercula

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