Smaller gull species like the Herring Gull ( L. Predators of the Atlantic Puffin include the Great Black-backed Gull ( Larus marinus), the Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua), and similar-sized species, which can catch a puffin in flight, or pick off one separated from the colony.
The largest puffin colony in the western Atlantic (estimated at more than 260,000 pairs) can be found at the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, south of St. The winter months are spent at sea far from land - in Europe as far south as the Mediterranean, and in North America to North Carolina.Ībout 95% of the Atlantic puffins in North America breed around Newfoundland's coastlines. This species breeds on the coasts of northern Europe, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and eastern North America, from well within the Arctic Circle to northern France and Maine. At the breeding colonies the birds make a deep growl The Atlantic Puffin is typically silent at sea, except for soft purring sounds it sometimes makes in flight. The related Horned Puffin ( Fratercula corniculata) from the North Pacific looks very similar but has slightly different head ornaments. During flight, it appears to have grey round underwings and a white body it has a direct flight low over the water. The bills are used in courtship rituals, such as the pair tapping their bills together. The characteristic bright orange bill plates grow before the breeding season and are shed after breeding.
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The bill is large and triangular, and during the breeding season is bright orange with a patch of blue bordered by yellow at the rear.
This bird is mainly black above and white below, with gray to white cheeks and red-orange legs. The male is generally slightly larger than the female, but they are colored alike. The Atlantic Puffin is 28–34 cm (11-13.5 in) in length, with a 50–60 cm (20-24 in) wingspan.
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