Trio of puffins greeting by billing and touching beaks
Trio of puffins
A trio of puffins greet each other by billing and touching beaks. Puffins use billing as a means of socialising and courting. When they land amongst other puffins, the incoming puffin will often use billing to engage with the other birds. Puffins also use billing during the mating season. Often, when a pair court each other, they are watched by a circle of onlooking puffins.
Other Name(s): Common Puffin
Nick Names: Sea Parrot, Sea Clown, Sea Rooster
Scientific Name: Fratercula arctica
Size: 70 - 90 cm
Weight: 500g
Lifespan: 20 - 29 years
Diet: Sand eels, sprats, herring, capelin, shrimp, crustaceans, molluscs
Habitat: Open sea year round; cliff areas and islands during breeding
Distribution: North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea; During breeding, coasts and Islands of Norhtwest Europe, Arctic fringes, Eastern North America
Conservation: Least Concern
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