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What unusual animal species live in Alaska?
The Horned Puffin, the Moose,
Where does a puffin bird live?
Depends on the type of Puffin - Atlantic, Horned, or Tufted. The Atlantic Puffin lives in, big surprise, the North Atlantic. However, they winter further south all the way to New York. The Horned and Tufted Puffins live in the North Pacific. However, they winter to the South, as far as Baja California. More specific locations are available on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin.
What does horned puffin eat?
The main diet of the Horned Puffin is fish. They also eat squid and zooplankton. Adult puffins can dive over 80 feet in the water to catch fish.
Where did the puffin bird live?
First, there are still three species of puffins that exist today. The Atlantic Puffin lives in Scandinavia, the British Isles, Iceland, Newfounland, and Greenland. The horned puffin lives on the shores of Siberia, Alaska, and British Columbia. The crested puffin lives in areas surrounding the North Pacific Ocean.
What makes a Horned puffin different from other species of puffins?
the penguins horns.
What kind of vertebrate is a puffin?
The horned puffin (bird) has a spine, making it a vertebrate.
What seabird has the scientific names puffinus puffinus?
Fratercula arcticaLulu
What does the horned puffin eat?
The Atlantic Puffin eats fish, sand eels, squid, Herrings, sprats, zooplankton, crustaceans, mollusks and occasionally even shrimp.
Is a puffin carnivore?
Yes, puffins feed mainly on sandeels which are a type of fish.
Are puffins cousins of penguins?
Yes here are three different species of puffin: * Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) * Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) * Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Is a horned puffin endangered?
In the past, puffin numbers have suffered as the birds' pelts have been used for clothing and their eggs prized by collectors. However, North Atlantic puffins, with an estimated population of six million, are neither extinct nor endangered. Puffins are adaptable to a wide range of conditions. Elsewhere, horned puffins and common puffins have not suffered a dramatic drop in population, but tufted puffins have fallen in numbers.
How long does a tufted puffin live?
80years
