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  2. Puffin - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Atlantic puffin - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean ; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin being found in the northeastern Pacific .

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    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 ...

  5. Tufted puffin - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Alderney Puffin nests almost trebled since 2005 - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. Horned puffin - Wikipedia

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    The horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk found in the North Pacific Ocean, including the coasts of Alaska, Siberia and British Columbia. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish.

  8. Manx shearwater - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Puffinus - Wikipedia

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    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]

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