Aves | 
Charadriiformes | 
Alcidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				;  εύρος βάθους 0 - 59 m (Αναφ. 62201).  Subtropical; 70°N -   32°N, 127°E -   117°W (Αναφ. 125423)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				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 / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmμεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 779.00 g (Αναφ. 356)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Culmen: 5.84 cm; tarsus: 3.61 cm; wing: 20.055 cm.					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					A large alcid, about 40 cm in length. Plunge diver; continental shelf; <100 km (Ref. 356). Semi-precocial mode of development.  Ground nesting species; in burrows. When spotting a threat, adults give out alarm calls to warn chicks who respond by moving to a nearby hiding place.  Displays "group flight" behavior.  Vulnerable to oil pollution as a piscivore; saw 50% decline in population from 1989 in Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez oil spill (Ref. 87784). Captures and eats prey underwater except food carried to chicks. Tends to forage more offshore in shelf and shelf-edge waters than coastally (Ref. 62201).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Gjerdrum, C. 2004 Parental provisioning and nestling departure decisions: a supplementary feeding experiment in Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) on Triangle Island, British Columbia. The Auk 121:463-472. (Αναφ. 80101)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Εργαλεία
			
			
			
			
				
					Περισσότερες πληροφορίες				
				
					 Population dynamicsΑύξησηMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionΑφθονία   Life cycleΑναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γονιμότητα
Γεννοβολία
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
  PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  				 
			 
			
			
			
				Διαδικτυακές πηγές
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 1.2 - 9.7, mean 4.3 (based on 370 cells).			
 
			
			
			
							
					Ελαστικότητα  				
				
				
					Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=18.83-42.19).				
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.