{"id":24356,"date":"2012-10-29T20:40:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:12:57","slug":"puffin-fratercula-arctica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird species in the auk family. It is a pelagic bird that feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans. Its most obvious characteristic is its brightly coloured beak during the breeding seasons. Also known as the Common Puffin, it is the only puffin species which is found in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Atlantic Puffin\u00a0<i>Fratercula\u00a0arctica<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-127-24356\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-771\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/puffin-fratercula-arctica-3.jpg\" title=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/thumbs\/thumbs_puffin-fratercula-arctica-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Puffin (Fratercula arctica) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-770\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/puffin-fratercula-arctica-2.jpg\" title=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/thumbs\/thumbs_puffin-fratercula-arctica-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Puffin (Fratercula arctica) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-769\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/puffin-fratercula-arctica-1.jpg\" title=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at Skellig Michael, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Puffin (Fratercula arctica) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/puffin-fratercula-arctica\/thumbs\/thumbs_puffin-fratercula-arctica-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Puffin (Fratercula arctica) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird species in the auk family. It is a pelagic bird that feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans. Its most obvious characteristic is its brightly coloured beak during the breeding seasons. 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