Breeding adult © Benjamin Van Doren eBird S14574117 Macaulay Library ML 130275201
Breeding adult © Matt Brady
Nonbreeding adult/immature © Brian Sullivan
Breeding adult © Liam Singh
Nonbreeding adult/immature © Malcolm Blanchard

maskonur złotoczuby Fratercula cirrhata

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Identification

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The largest puffin, this chunky seabird has an entirely black body, white face, and fetching tuft of yellowish feathers curling around its nape. Thick orange bill and orange feet. Nonbreeding and young birds have reduced yellow tuft, gray face, and smaller, duller bill. Young birds could be confused with Rhinoceros Auklet, but bill is longer and thicker. Horned Puffin smaller with white underparts. Breeds in colonies on rocky islands and cliffs, further south than Horned Puffin. Winters on open ocean.

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