On the westman islands
in the air puffins are surprisingly fleet flyers by flapping their wings up to 400 times per minute they can reach speeds of 55 miles 88 kilometers an hour atlantic puffins land on north atlantic seacoasts and islands to form breeding colonies each spring and summericeland is the breeding home of perhaps 60 percent of the world s atlantic puffinshave penguin like coloring but they sport a colorful beak that has led some to dub them the sea parrot the beak fades to a drab gray during the winter and blooms with color again in the spring suggesting that it may be attractive to potential mates puffin web browser free puffin web browser free is the fastest free mobile browser download now and you can enjoy free 24 7 flash support everyday and download to cloud feature up to 1gb per file as gifts puffins atlantic common puffin fratercula arctica is the scientific name of the atlantic puffin which means little brother of the north puffins are members of the seabird family called alcids the atlantic puffin is only one of three kinds of puffins the horned puffin and the tufted puffin are found in the pacific ocean it is estimated that there are 15 to 20 million pair of puffin in the world puffins resemble penguins as their white underbelly contrasts their black coat atlantic puffin atlantic puffins have a distinctive large triangular red orange bill with a blue gray base and yellow ridge the top of a puffin s head neck back and wings are black while its cheeks are pale gray and underparts white puffins have bright orange legs and webbed feet they are adept swimmers atlantic puffins eat several types of fish as well as zooplankton euphausiids mysids and copepods at the aquarium they are fed capelin and silversides puffins on the westman islands on the westman islands which hold about half of all icelandic puffins the puffins are both harvested and rescued puffins have been a vital source of food through the centuries for icelanders in the islands however they are harvested sustainably iceland is home to one of the world s largest colonies of puffins over half of the world s population of the atlantic puffin breeds in iceland somewhere between 3 4 million pairs each year the total population of puffins in iceland is estimated to be between 8 and 10 million birds puffin web browser puffin browser is the most complete and fastest mobile browser and it serves no ads download now and you will unlimited flash access time and download to cloud feature up to 100mb per file puffin web browser free is the fastest free mobile browser download now and you can enjoy free 24 7 flash support everyday and download to cloud feature up to 1gb per file as gifts puffins are 29 34 cm in length with a wingspan of 21 24 inches puffins are nicknamed parrots of the sea because of their colorful triangular shaped beaks entering mating season in spring the puffin s beak is red with an inner section of yellow the corners of the beak are blue the atlantic puffin is only one of three kinds of puffins the horned puffin and the tufted puffin are found in the pacific ocean it is estimated that there are 15 to 20 million pair of puffin in the world puffins resemble penguins as their white underbelly contrasts their black coat the atlantic puffin breeds in iceland norway greenland newfoundland and many north atlantic islands and as far south as maine in the west and the british isles in the east with a large population and a wide range the species is not considered to be endangered although there may be local declines in numbers  bird cousins of the penguin atlantic puffins are true seabirds and spend most of their time swimming diving and feeding at sea puffins swallow their food underwater but they can carry up to 30 small fish at once when bringing food home to their young thousands and sometimes hundreds of thousands of puffins nest together in large colonies each pair of puffins digs a burrow about 90 cm 3 ft long into a soft slope near the sea
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