Tufted Puffin close-up
Credit: Corvallis

North American field guide

Tufted Puffin

Fratercula cirrhata

Identification

Field notes

38 cm (15") Stocky dark Pacific Ocean sea bird with massive laterally flattened red bill.

In spring and summer face is white with light plume behind eye.

In winter, head is all dark.

In flight, bright orange feet are conspicuous.

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