Credit: Corvallis
North American field guide
Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
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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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Tufted Puffins
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