© Tom Watson / monacoeye • Scotland, May 2009 • All rights reserved

Bird name: Atlantic Puffin
Latin: Fratercula arctica
Other: Puffin • Fr: Macareux moine • De: Papageitaucher • Es: frailecillo atlántico • It: pulcinella di mare • Sv: Lunnefågel • Ru: Атлантический тупик • Is: Lundi
Family: Alcidae • Auks
Range: Iceland, UK, Norway coastlines etc, some US.
Similar: none

Many thanks to Anne for sending this lovely photo of a Puffin above, taken in Scotland by Tom. Tom was a very close friend of the family and left us far too young. He loved nature and was a talented photographer. He is sorely missed by his family and all of us who knew him.

Below, Puffins flying out at sea, late May, Iceland, 2010
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068 Alcidae - Auks - IOC 2.5 - 2010

Alle alle - Little Auk - N coasts - N oceans

Uria lomvia - Thick-billed Murre - N coasts - N oceans
Uria aalge - Common Murre - N coasts - N oceans

Alca torda - Razorbill - N Atlantic coasts - N Atlantic

Cepphus grylle - Black Guillemot - N coasts - N oceans
Cepphus columba - Pigeon Guillemot - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific
Cepphus carbo - Spectacled Guillemot - NE coasts - NW Pacific

Brachyramphus marmoratus - Marbled Murrelet - NW coasts - NE Pacific
Brachyramphus perdix - Long-billed Murrelet - NE coasts - NW Pacific
Brachyramphus brevirostris - Kittlitz's Murrelet - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific

Synthliboramphus hypoleucus - Xantus's Murrelet - W coasts
Synthliboramphus craveri - Craveri's Murrelet - W coasts
Synthliboramphus antiquus - Ancient Murrelet - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific
Synthliboramphus wumizusume - Japanese Murrelet - Japan, coasts

Ptychoramphus aleuticus - Cassin's Auklet - NW coasts

Aethia psittacula - Parakeet Auklet - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific
Aethia pusilla - Least Auklet - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific
Aethia pygmaea - Whiskered Auklet - NC, NW Pacific coasts - N Pacific
Aethia cristatella - Crested Auklet - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific

Cerorhinca monocerata - Rhinoceros Auklet - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific

Fratercula arctica - Atlantic Puffin - N Atlantic coasts - N Atlantic
Fratercula corniculata - Horned Puffin - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific
Fratercula cirrhata - Tufted Puffin - N Pacific coasts - N Pacific