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Tufted Puffin Facts:
Scientific Name: Fratercula cirrhata
Tufted puffins are in the auk family of seabirds.
Notable Features
The tufted puffin’s distinctive features are the white/yellow tufts on the sides of its head and its large, red beak.
Where to Find Tufted Puffins in the Pacific Northwest:
In the area of the Salish Sea, the most common places to find tufted puffins are around Smith and Protection island — both islands are protected aquatic reserves and boats can only come within 200 yard of shore. 1 You can find numerous boat cruises that will take you near these islands — but you, of course, are not guaranteed to see a puffin.
Protection Island is host to one of only a couple of tufted puffin nesting sites in the Salish Sea 2 and an important site for rhinoceros auklet nesting as well.
- Unless you are a researcher or volunteer — I observed a small house and bunch of humans waving at us from the island[↩]
- Protection Island/National Wildlife Refuge[↩]
The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of three species of puffin that make up the genus Fratercula and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.
| Tufted puffin | |
|---|---|
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| Breeding adult, St. Paul Island, Alaska | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Alcidae |
| Genus: | Fratercula |
| Species: | F. cirrhata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fratercula cirrhata (Pallas, 1769) | |
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| Distribution map of the tufted puffin extant (resident) extant (breeding visitor) extant (winter visitor) | |
| Synonyms | |
Alca cirrhata Pallas, 1769 | |
