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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]
The tufted puffin is a familiar bird on the coasts of the Russian Pacific coast, where it is known as toporok (Топорок) – meaning "small axe," a hint to the shape of the bill. Toporok is the namesake of one of its main breeding sites, Kamen Toporkov ("Tufted Puffin Rock") or Ostrov Toporkov ("Tufted Puffin Island"), an islet offshore ...
Vocal Bird anatomy: Birds produce sounds through the air that passes through the Syrinx, which is shown close up in the bottom right. In order for birds to produce sound, they use an organ located above the lungs called the syrinx , which is composed of tracheal rings, syringeal muscles, Tympaniform membrane, and internal bony structures that ...
Sometimes, a bird such as an Arctic skua or blackback gull can cause a puffin arriving with a beak full of fish to drop all the fish the puffin was holding in its mouth. The puffin's striking appearance, large, colourful bill, waddling gait, and behaviour have given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the sea" or "sea parrot".
Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. [1] The alcid family includes the murres , guillemots , auklets , puffins , and murrelets . The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera.
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National Trust rangers carried out the first full count of the seabird species since 2019 after the pandemic and bird flu disrupted conservation work. Puffin population declared ‘stable’ on ...
The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century.