Fratercula cirrhata   (Pallas, 1769)

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

Aves | Charadriiformes | Alcidae

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

Others; depth range 0 - 59 m (Ref. 62201).  Subtropical; 70°N - 32°N, 127°E - 117°W (Ref. 125423)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean and the Arctic. From Alaska, Chukchi and Bering Sea, south to Aleutian Islands, east to California, USA and Canada and west to Japan and Russia. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmmax. published weight: 779.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 5.84 cm; tarsus: 3.61 cm; wing: 20.055 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A large alcid, about 40 cm in length.

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gjerdrum, C. 2004. (Ref. 80101)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 February 2020

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): 1.2 - 9.7, mean 4.3 (based on 370 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=18.83-42.19).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.