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
Spanish: Frailecillo atlántico
Portuguese: papagaio-do-mar
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
            Genus: Fratercula
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN177025
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    VU (Global)
    EN (Europe)
#records (spatial)56,382
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets23
Year1969 - 2021
Latitude32.62 - 76.82
Longitude-88.78 - 18.50
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