Atlantic Puffin

Fratercula arctica

IUCN: Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Alcidae
Genus
Fratercula
eBird Code
atlpuf

Distribution

breeds North Atlantic coasts from Greenland, Iceland and Faroes eastward through Scandinavia including Svalbard, and Novaya Zemlya (northwestern Russia), also northern Hudson Bay to southeastern Canada and Maine (northeastern USA); winters offshore in North Atlantic and marginal seas, to North Carolina Gulf Stream and to Azores and Iberian Peninsula

Vocalizations

Steve Lawson · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.