Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Fratercula arctica
Author (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 177025
Common Names English: Atlantic Puffin
French: Macareux moine
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
            Genus: Fratercula
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Fratercula arctica arctica
Subspecies: Fratercula arctica grabae
Subspecies: Fratercula arctica naumanni
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#177025
StatusIUCN:LC
#records51,383
#datasets9
Years1969 - 2006
Latitudes34.93 - 76.82
Longitudes-88.78 - 18.50