Tufted puffin - Fratercula cirrhata

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Fratercula cirrhata
Author (Pallas, 1769)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 177032
Common Names English: Tufted Puffin
French: Macareux huppé
Spanish: Frailecillo coletudo
Portuguese: papagaio-do-mar-de-penachos
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 TSN177032
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)1,547
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets24
Year1970 - 2017
Latitude32.17 - 72.08
Longitude-168.93 - 235.83
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