Difference between revisions of "Horned Puffin" - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by martinuk
St Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, June 2003

Identification

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Rocky coastal areas

Nest are built in burrows, in rocky cavities or among rocks.

Includes fish, squid and crustaceans.

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Horned Puffin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Horned_Puffin

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-;Fratercula corniculata
+[[Image:Horned_Puffin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|martinuk|martinuk}}<br />St Paul, Pribilof Islands, [[Alaska]], June 2003]]
-[[Image:Horned_Puffin.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by martinuk]]
+;[[:Category:Fratercula|Fratercula]] corniculata
 ==Identification==
-Shot in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
+*Bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip
+*Small fleshy black "horn" above their eyes
+*White face
+**Dark line extending from the back of the eye
+*Red feet
+==Distribution==
+[[Siberia]], [[Alaska]] and [[British Columbia]].
+==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
+==Habitat==
+Rocky coastal areas
+==Behaviour==
+====Breeding====
+Nest are built in burrows, in rocky cavities or among rocks.
+====Diet====
+Includes fish, squid and crustaceans.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=horned+puffin View more images of Horned Puffin in the gallery]
+{{GSearch|Fratercula+corniculata }}
-[[Category:Birds]]
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Fratercula]]