Tufted Puffin vs Thick-billed Murre

Fratercula cirrhata مقارنةً بـ Uria lomvia

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Tufted Puffin Thick-billed Murre
الاسم العلمي Fratercula cirrhata Uria lomvia
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Alcidae Alcidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 38,8 cm (15.3 in) 41,4 cm (16.3 in)
الوزن 767,3 g (27.07 oz) 945,75 g (33.36 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Tufted Puffin only

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Thick-billed Murre only

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Tufted Puffin

Least Concern

Thick-billed Murre

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.

Thick-billed Murre

Thick-billed Murre (Brünnich's Guillemot), 39–43 cm, breeds in enormous cliff colonies across the Arctic from Newfoundland to Siberia. Thicker, shorter bill with white gape line. Dives to 200+ m — deepest diver among alcids. Piscivore; takes capelin, cod. Vulnerable to climate change in the High Arctic.

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