Puffins - Fratercula

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Fratercula
Author Brisson, 1760
Taxonomic Rank Genus
Taxonomic # 177024
Common Names English: Puffins
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
Taxonomic Children Species: Fratercula arctica
Species: Fratercula cirrhata
Species: Fratercula corniculata
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN177024
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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#records (spatial)137
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets3
Year1977 - 2011
Latitude39.98 - 65.08
Longitude-71.77 - 235.83
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