Tufted Puffin vs Great Auk

Fratercula cirrhata से तुलना Pinguinus impennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Tufted Puffin Great Auk
वैज्ञानिक नाम Fratercula cirrhata Pinguinus impennis
गण Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
कुल Alcidae Alcidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Extinct
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 38.8 cm (15.3 in)
वजन 767.3 g (27.07 oz) 4750.0 g (167.55 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Tufted Puffin only

कोई नहीं

Great Auk only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

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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