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The English name "puffin" – puffed in the sense of swollen – was originally applied to the fatty, salted meat of young birds of the unrelated Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), formerly known as the "Manks puffin". [2] Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn or poffin) for the cured carcasses of nestling Manx shearwaters. [3]
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An adorable rare baby puffin can now be seen frolicking at the Central Park Zoo — delighting animal lovers who gushed Friday over its heart-melting “chick floof.” The nearly 4-month-old male ...
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The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of three species of puffin that make up the genus Fratercula and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.
The number of Puffin nests in Alderney has almost trebled since the island's wildlife trust starting monitoring the animals in 2005. Alderney Wildlife Trust said the latest Puffin Survey found 330 ...
The Atlantic puffin is the official bird symbol of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. [67] In August 2007, the Atlantic puffin was unsuccessfully proposed as the official symbol of the Liberal Party of Canada by its deputy leader Michael Ignatieff, after he observed a colony of these birds and became fascinated by their ...