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Classification
Bird
🍽️
Diet
Piscivore
⏱️
Lifespan
20–25 years
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Weight
0.3–0.5 kg
Population Trend
📉Decreasing
Description
The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a bird indigenous to Norway. It inhabits coastal cliffs and offshore islands of the north atlantic.
Habitat
🌿 coastal cliffs and offshore islands of the north atlantic
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Alcidae
Genus
Fratercula
Fun Facts
1
Atlantic puffins can hold 10–12 fish in their bills simultaneously, arranged neatly crosswise — a feat made possible by backward-facing spines on their tongue and palate
2
Their colorful beaks are not permanent — they shed the outer layers after breeding season, revealing a duller winter beak
3
Norway has the world's largest Atlantic puffin colony on Runde Island, with over 500,000 breeding pairs
4
Puffins mate for life and return to the same burrow each year — they can live up to 25+ years
5
Norwegians sometimes call them 'lunde' and they feature prominently in Norwegian coastal culture and tourism