Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: ALCIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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The Tufted Puffin is a seabird of the open waters, islands, and coastal cliffs of the north Pacific. It is larger than other puffin species and distinctive in appearance, with a bold white "face-mask" and golden head plumes in the breeding season.