Atlantic Puffin, Scientific name: Fratercula arctica, Location: North Atlantic Ocean, coasts of northern Europe and Canada.

Atlantic Puffin Welcome to Zonein's Animals of the Arctic information files.

Common name: Atlantic Puffin

Scientific name: Fratercula arctica

Location: North Atlantic Ocean, coasts of northern Europe and Canada

Size: height 18 cm, weight up to 500grams

Life Span: up to 20 years

Current Status: not endangered

Habitat: coastal areas

Fast facts:
---it spends most of its life swimming and diving to catch food
---diet consists of small fish
---to fly they need to flap their wings up to 400 times per minute

Atlantic Puffin

Pictures taken at the beginning of July 2004 on Ltrabjarg, in en:Iceland.
Photo by Tomi

Atlantic Puffin