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  2. Atlantic puffin - Wikipedia

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    In the 2013 breeding season, nearly 40,000 pairs were recorded on the Farne Islands, a slight increase on the 2008 census and on the previous year's poor season, when some of the burrows flooded. [46] This number is dwarfed by the Icelandic colonies with five million pairs breeding, the Atlantic puffin being the most populous bird on the island ...

  3. Puffin - Wikipedia

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    Two species, the tufted puffin and horned puffin, are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic puffin is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. All puffin species have predominantly black or black and white plumage, a stocky build, and large beaks that get brightly colored during the breeding season. They shed the colorful outer parts ...

  4. Witless Bay Ecological Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Immense numbers of birds nest on these islands during the seabird breeding season, roughly from 1 April through 1 September. Two of the reserve's islands: Pee Pee Island in foreground with Great Island in background, 2020. The Witless Bay reserve contains North America´s largest Atlantic puffin colony. It is estimated that more than 260,000 ...

  5. Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change

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    Maine's puffins are the only breeding Atlantic puffins in the U.S. Worldwide, the species lives in the North Atlantic from Maine and Canada to Europe. Other countries with large puffin populations ...

  6. Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine ... - AOL

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    There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in the wild − the Atlantic puffin. Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine ...

  7. New puffin species evolved because of climate change ...

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    The new hybrid likely came from breeding between two subspecies — High Arctic large-bodied puffins and temperate smaller-sized puffins — within the past 100 years which scientists said ...

  8. Fowlsheugh - Wikipedia

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    Under the 1992 bird count there were 40,140 breeding pairs of guillemot (Uria aalge), representing at least 1.8 percent of this breeding East Atlantic seabird population. Smaller numbers of other seabirds nest at Fowlsheugh, including Atlantic puffin ( Fratercula Arctica ), razorbill ( Alca torda ), herring gull ( Larus argentatus ), and fulmar ...

  9. List of birds of the Faroe Islands - Wikipedia

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    The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as another common name (Old World warblers) implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. Eurasian blackcap (munkur) Sylvia atricapilla A