Tufted Puffin vs Great Auk

Fratercula cirrhata comparado com Pinguinus impennis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Tufted Puffin Great Auk
Nome científico Fratercula cirrhata Pinguinus impennis
Ordem Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Família Alcidae Alcidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 38,8 cm (15.3 in)
Peso 767,3 g (27.07 oz) 4750,0 g (167.55 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Tufted Puffin only

Nenhum

Great Auk only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

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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