Burung laut (Seabirds)
Horned Puffin
Fratercula corniculata
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Pacific cousin of the Atlantic Puffin, with a fleshy 'horn' over each eye. Delivers in the same clown-bill colors.
- Populasi
- ~1.2 million total individuals (over 800,000 mature), decreasing
- Habitat
- Marine/pelagic outside breeding season; breeds colonially on steep rocky sea cliffs and rocky islands, nesting in rock crevices or burrows on grassy slopes
- Fakta menarik
- The Horned Puffin's bill glows under ultraviolet light, a photoluminescent patch that may play a role in courtship signaling.
- Sebaran
- North Pacific: coastal Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea islands, and the Russian Far East (Siberia, Kamchatka, Sakhalin); winters far offshore in the North Pacific, occasionally reaching south to British Columbia, California, and Japan
- Makanan
- Small schooling fish (especially sand lance and capelin, also herring, cod, sticklebacks, and smelt), plus squid, marine worms, and crustaceans; dives over 30 m (100+ ft) to pursue prey and carries multiple whole fish crosswise in its bill to chicks
- Ukuran
- 0,38 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,58 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
