Tufted Puffin vs Great Auk

Fratercula cirrhata مقارنةً بـ Pinguinus impennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Tufted Puffin Great Auk
الاسم العلمي Fratercula cirrhata Pinguinus impennis
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Alcidae Alcidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 38,8 cm (15.3 in)
الوزن 767,3 g (27.07 oz) 4750,0 g (167.55 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Tufted Puffin only

بلا

Great Auk only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Tufted Puffin

Extinct

Great Auk

About These Birds

Tufted Puffin

Tufted Puffin, 36–41 cm, is the largest North Pacific puffin, breeding on grassy slopes of islands from California to Kamchatka. Jet-black body, white face, massive orange-red bill, striking golden head tufts. Piscivore; carries multiple fish crosswise in bill. Pelagic in winter across North Pacific.

Great Auk

Great Auk was the Northern Hemisphere's giant flightless auk, 75–85 cm, hunted to extinction in 1844. The last pair was killed on Eldey Island, Iceland. Black above, white below with a white oval eye patch; vestigial wings. Spent most of its life at sea; bred colonially on Atlantic islands and rocks.

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