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The Atlantic puffin forms part of the national diet in Iceland, where the species does not have legal protection. Puffins are hunted by a technique called "sky fishing", which involves catching the puffins in a large net as they dive into the sea. Their meat is commonly featured on hotel menus.
The Atlantic puffin acquired the name at a much later stage, possibly because of its similar nesting habits, [11] and it was formally applied to Fratercula arctica by Pennant in 1768. [9] While the species is also known as the common puffin, "Atlantic puffin" is the English name recommended by the International Ornithological Congress. [12]
Puffinus is a Neo-Latin loanword based on the English "puffin". The original Latin term for shearwaters was usually the catchall name for sea-birds, mergus. [8] "Puffin" and its variants, such as poffin, pophyn and puffing, [9] referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the shearwater, a former delicacy. [10]
The Atlantic puffin, which feeds on small fish such as herring and hake, is listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The birds can grow nearly a foot ...
The Atlantic puffin, which is a species that recently returned to the Calf of Man, is currently listed as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Tribe Fraterculini – puffins Cerorhinca. Rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata; Fratercula. Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica; Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata; Tufted puffin, Fratercula cirrhata; Biodiversity of auks seems to have been markedly higher during the Pliocene. [10] See the genus accounts for prehistoric species.
The Atlantic puffin is a distinctive seabird with black and white feathers and a colorful bill. Seabirds are a “conspicuous component of Arctic biodiversity” and are “heavily affected by ...
The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn) for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits.