Atlantic Puffin bird informationValues
Conservation statusVU - Vulnerable
SynonymsPuffin, Sea parrot, Large-billed Puffin, Common Puffin
Old latin name for birdAlca arctica, Mormon arcticus
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilyAuks / Alcidae
GenusFratercula
Breeding regionEurasia, North America
Breeding subregionsubarctic and temperate North Atlantic coasts: w, ec Greenland, Iceland, Faroe, British, and Channel is., nw France, s to n Scandinavia, Svalbard (n of Norway) and Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia); n Hudson Bay to se Canada and Maine (e Canada, ne USA)
Non breeding regionpelagic in North Atlantic and marginal seas, to North Carolina in Gulf Stream of w North Pacific and to Azores (n Macaronesia, nw of Africa) and Iberian Pen.

Atlantic Puffin bird sounds *

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    Female, male, song, wings in flight, © eloisa matheu
    United Kingdom
  • 2.
    Call, © david m
    United Kingdom
  • 3.
    Call, © Anthony McGeehan
    Ireland
  • 4.
    Song, © Hans Petter Kristoffersen
    Norway
  • 5.
    Call, © david m
    United Kingdom
  • 6.
    Beak sound, © Patrik Åberg
    Iceland
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    Call, © david m
    United Kingdom
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    Call, © david m
    United Kingdom
  • 9.
    Call, © david m
    United Kingdom
  • 10.
    Call, wing beats, © david m
    United Kingdom
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Translation

LanguageTranslation
AbkhazianаБакәыр, аБакәырқәа ᴘʟ
AlbanianSqeptrashi i detit verior
AzerbaijaniAtlantik kütdimdiyi
BasqueFraret, Lanperna-musu, Lanperna-musua
BelarusianТупік
Bengaliিঅটরাচিক ঩াচপন, ঩াচপন
BretonPoc'han boutin, Ar boc'anig boutin, Bohannig
BulgarianТъпоклюна кайра, Обикновен тъпоклюн
Catalanfraret atlàntic, Fraret, Cadafet
Chinese北极海鹦
Chinese (Traditional)北極海鸚
Chuvashпуклак сăмса
CornishNath
Croatiantupik
CzechPapuchalk belobradý, papuchalk severní, papuchalk plochozobý, Papuchalk ploskozobý
DanishLunde
DutchPapegaaiduiker, Papagaaiduiker
Esperantofraterkulo, Atlantika fraterkulo
EstonianLunn, lunn (põhjalunn), lunn e. põhjalunn
FaroeseSkarnstorkur, Høga nevið, KarkareyðI, Groddi, Lundi, Karkarassur, Sildberi
Finnishlunni
FrenchMacareux arctique, Macareux moine
FrisianSeepappegaai
GalicianArao papagaio, Galo do mar común, Fraret
GermanPapageitaucher
GreekΘαλασσoψιττακός, Θαλασσοψιττακός
Hebrewתוכים, תוכי-ים אטלנטי
Hungarianlunda
IcelandicLundi
InuktitutOilanngaq
IrishPuifín
ItalianPolcinella di mare, Pulcinella di mare
Japaneseニシツノメドリ
Kazakhарктикалық балтатұмсық
LatvianAtlantijas tuklītis
Lithuanianatlantinis mormonas, Mormonas
LuxembourgishPapageidaucher
MacedonianМорски папагал
MaltesePurċinell tal-Baħar, Purcinell
ManxPoltrag, Pibbin
Northern SamiLunda, Bovttáš
NorwegianLunne, lunde, Lunde, Lundefugl, Lunn
Norwegian NynorskLunde
PolishMaskonur zwyczajny, maskonur (zwyczajny), Alczyk, maskonur, Traczyk
Portuguesepapagaio-do-mar-do-atlântico, papagaio do mar, papagaio-do-mar
RomanianPapagal de mare
RussianTupik, Атлантический тупик, Тупик обыкновенный, Тупик
SerbianMorski papagaj, Морски папагај
Slovakmníšik bielobradatý, Alka bielobradá, Mnâšik bielobradatý, mníšik bielobradý
Slovenianmormon
SpanishFrailecillo atlántico, Frailecillo, Frailecillo Común, Frailecilo Común
Swedishlunnefågel
Turkishdeniz papağanı, Denizpapağanı
Ukrainianіпатка атлантична
Uzbekтупик
WelshPwffin, Pal, Aderyn pâl, Pâl, Cornicyll y dŵr