Fratercula arctica   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Atlantic puffin
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Fratercula arctica

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Alcidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 62202), usually 20 - 30 m (Ref. 62202).  Polar; 83°N - 24°N, 85°W - 71°E (Ref. 124582)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Boreal to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 381.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 4.56 cm; tarsus: 2.88 cm; wing: 17.21 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 28 to 30 cm; Wingspan: 53 to 58 cm (Ref. 8812).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Barrett, R.T. and F. Rikardsen. 1992. (Ref. 4091)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A4abcde); Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.5 - 11.8, mean 6.8 (based on 976 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=8.27-39.05).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.