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Tufted Puffin

Fratercula cirrhata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 1,705, February 1,476, March 1,536, April 1,906, May 1,851, June 1,361, July 1,166, August 1,188, September 1,507, October 1,540, November 1,980, December 1,526.
United States80,321
California18,742
Washington11,564
Canada9,107
British Columbia9,098
Oregon7,126
Alaska1,222
Maine90
Russia70
Magadan Oblast43

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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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