2018 Bonanza Bird #9: Tufted Puffin

December 1, 2018 in Auks and Birdorable Bonanza 2018 with 3 comments

Today's new bird is a seabird of the Pacific Ocean: the Tufted Puffin!

The Tufted Puffin is also known as the Crested Puffin. Both males and females develop yellow tufts of feathers on the sides of the head during breeding season.

Adult Tufted Puffins spend most of their life at sea. During breeding season, they congregate along rocky cliff edges on northern Pacific islands, where they nest in rock crevices or inside burrows that can be over five feet deep.

Tufted Puffin swimming — Tufted Puffin by NOAA Photo Library (CC BY 2.0)

Tufted Puffins on a Rock — Tufted Puffins by Isaac Sanchez (CC BY 2.0)

Tomorrow we'll reveal our last Bonanza bird for 2018. It's a South American parrot named for the scalloped feathers on its head. Do you know the species?

Comments

Andrew on December 1, 2018 at 3:22 PM wrote:

tufted puffin

Gustavo Carvalho on December 1, 2018 at 6:54 PM wrote:

Scaly-headed parrot (Pionus maximiliani)!!

Xmegatron10 on August 8, 2020 at 12:47 PM wrote:

I have questions 1 does this bird read books 2 what does it know 3 can it also be a librarian bird. what are it's mysteries.

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