Puffin facts: smaller than you think | Animal Fact Files

Puffins are birds similar to penguins but not closely related to them. Superficially puffins look like penguins, and they do a lot of penguin like things, but these little birds are more closely related to gulls. There are three puffin species and they are all found in the northern hemisphere. These little birds only stand as tall as the average paperback novel and only weigh about as much as a can of soda. Puffins spend a lot of their time alone out at sea where they are rarely observed, but during the summer they'll make they way to land and nest in huge, noisy colonies along sea cliffs.
Scientific Name: Genus - Fratercula
Range: northern hemisphere
Size: 7 inches (18cm); 500g
Diet: mostly small fish, also small squids, crustaceans, sea urchins, and mollusks
Lifespan: 20 years
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[@kennethsatria6607]

I never knew they change in appearance during winter and summer! That is mindblowing.

[@user-id7ft4qz2f]

Puffins are a little larger than indicated. The smaller variety is about 10-11 inches, while the largest variety is 15-16". Regardless, they are adorable.

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Love the look of the Tufted puffin! Also the puffins still 1:48 look like me at thanksgiving trying to run away with as much pumpkin pie as possible 😅 wow that’s a lot of digging with ones feet for a 7ft deep burrow! Thanks for another great video guys 💚🤙

[@t-rexstudioproductions781]

Puffins Compared to penguins, Puffins can Fly and swim But penguins can’t fly but they can swim

[@26snoopy82]

In 2015 I was in Alaska on a whale watching boat. We saw the two species of puffins. There was a humpback and a Fin whale feeding close by where the puffins where. The ranger on the boat said sometimes the puffins will be swallowed by the whales as they are feeding but the whales spit them out.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

This is horrifying and also incredible!

[@Col28]

4:07 That's an amazing transformation. I had no idea they did that. I also had no idea that they spend so much time on the open ocean. I like these little guys even more now. Thanks!

[@AnimalFactFiles]

I can't imagine spending that much time at sea!

[@eunaekim9216]

Weird trivia item - there exists a breed of dog called the Norwegian Lundehund, which translates to "puffin dog"!

[@charliejones9502]

We have them on the West Coast of Wales, literally have their own island

[@jadenl629]

Great video!🤩 Loved the pictures!😃

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Thank you! 😃

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Winter puffin is not someone I wanna piss off

[@AnimalFactFiles]

hard same 🤣

[@CosmicRabbitCarma]

A cute name for a cute bird. 🐧

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Puffins booyah.

[@LeetMasterAce]

I didn't know Puffin Forest is named after such a cool bird!

[@BlackHei711]

There was some puffin signings here in North California the other day. I had no idea they'd travel this far south....

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Oh wow! Do you know what species?

[@BlackHei711]

@@AnimalFactFiles I didn't get to see any, but according to my local news they were Horned Puffins.

[@henrysun5660]

Underrated channel. I subbed

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Appreciate it! 😊

[@JamesHeLLSing08]

Best bird ever

[@skyemckee5014]

Puffins are cute

[@countspankulots4024]

Ever wonder how many birds are eaten while floating on the surface of the water?

[@keatonblackman472]

They Also Found In Nova Scotia That's Where I Live.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Ooh have you seen them before?!

[@artandcraft7283]

Lovely video and great channel.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Thanks for visiting! 😊

[@georgesmith1127]

Great video ,their very cute birbs

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

*_Pesky Birb_*

[@nozilla3490]

Woo puffin are cool ilke them lot

[@Empr3ssV]

Puffins are so cute.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Completely agreed!

[@valerie8524]

my fav animal. thanks ❤

[@shawnblohm8439]

I saw puffins when I visited Iceland.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

That would be so cool to see!

[@Peachyvibes22]

I 💛puffins

[@AnimalFactFiles]

We do too!

[@Peachyvibes22]

@@AnimalFactFiles Nice

[@indyreno2933]

Puffins are more closely related to the gulls than to penguins, just like gulls and skuas are more closely related to puffins than to albatrosses and petrels, gulls, skuas, and puffins are shorebirds, any species of bird belonging to the order Charadriiformes, shorebirds range in size from sandpipers to skuas, interestingly shorebirds are divided into twenty families and three suborders Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds) * Suborder: Thinocori (Buttonquails, Plains Wanderer, Seedsnipes, Painted Snipes, and Jacanas) ** Superfamily: Turnicoidea (Buttonquails and Plains Wanderer) *** Family: Turnicidae (Buttonquails) *** Family: Pedionomidae (Plains Wanderer) ** Superfamily: Thinocoroidea (Seedsnipes, Painted Snipes, and Jacanas) *** Family: Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes) *** Family: Rostratulidae (Painted Snipes) *** Family: Jacanidae (Jacanas) * Suborder: Charadrii (Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, Godwits, Woodcocks, Dowitchers, Phalaropes, Shanks, Tattlers, Turnstones, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff, Surfbird, Plovers, Lapwings, Avocets, Stilts, Ibisbill, Oystercatchers, and Magellanic Plover) ** Superfamily: Charadrioidea (Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, Godwits, Woodcocks, Dowitchers, Phalaropes, Shanks, Tattlers, Turnstones, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff, Surfbird, Plovers, and Lapwings) *** Family: Scolopacidae (Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews, Godwits, Woodcocks, Dowitchers, Phalaropes, Shanks, Tattlers, Turnstones, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff, Surfbird) *** Family: Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings) ** Superfamily: Recurvirostroidea (Avocets, Stilts, Ibisbill, Oystercatchers, and Magellanic Plover) *** Family: Recurvirostridae (Avocets and Stilts) *** Family: Pluvianellidae (Magellanic Plover) *** Family: Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbill) *** Family: Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers) * Suborder: Lari (Stone-Curlews, Sheathbills, Pratincoles, Coursers, Crab Plover, Crocodile Bird, Gulls, Skuas, Terns, Noddies, Skimmers, Puffins, Razorbill, Auks, Auklets, Guillemots, Murres, and Murrelets) ** Infraorder: Chionides (Stone-Curlews, Sheathbills, Pratincoles, Coursers, Crab Plover, Crocodile Bird) *** Superfamily: Chionoidea (Stone-Curlews and Sheathbills) **** Family: Burhinidae (Stone-Curlews) **** Family: Chionidae (Sheathbills) *** Superfamily: Glareoloidea (Pratincoles, Coursers, Crab Plover, and Crocodile Bird) **** Family: Glareolidae (Pratincoles and Coursers) **** Family: Dromadidae (Crab Plover) **** Family: Pluvianidae (Crocodile Bird) ** Infraorder: Larides (Gulls, Skuas, Terns, Noddies, Skimmers, Puffins, Razorbill, Auks, Auklets, Guillemots, Murres, and Murrelets) *** Superfamily: Laroidea (Gulls and Skuas) **** Family: Laridae (Gulls) **** Family: Stercorariidae (Skuas) *** Superfamily: Fraterculoidea (Terns, Noddies, Skimmers, Puffins, Razorbill, Auks, Auklets, Guillemots, Murres, and Murrelets) **** Family: Sternidae (Terns, Noddies, and Skimmers) **** Family: Fraterculidae (Puffins, Razorbill, Auks, Auklets, Guillemots, Murres, and Murrelets)

[@marvalice3455]

Isn't the scientific name the great Auk "penguin penguin"? This would mean that, I'm a way, they _are_ related! Lol

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Lmao

[@40EntrepreneurDrive]

Thank you for the correction. I just made a big deal about telling my daughter these were Penguins because we saw a picture of one and she thought it was a dodo bird.😂 I guess I was the dodo because I looked up Puffin penguin and this image came up so I told her : see! I'm right!. Then I looked up a KZbin video to rub it in and this video came up with the thumbnail clearly saying that it was not a penguin... So now I have to eat the egg on my face. 🍳🥓 Either way, cute bird.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Aww that's a cute story! So glad it cleared up some ambiguity for you both

[@drbkap3]

I say they look like if a penguin tried to disguise itself as a toucan. 😂

[@ahmetk5922]

You guys are doping a good job

[@ahmetk5922]

Oh and their beak glows under ultraviolet light right??

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Yes I believe you're correct about that! Thanks for mentioning it. 😊

[@Tootswilligers]

They can be penguins IF they identify as such.

[@dumpling3309]

Why do they look worried 😟.

[@oooziet.j.6832]

Tang is a beverage! Oooolalala zshow must go on!

[@paulwucher9149]

Just hunt the things that hunt puffins

[@stelabeno]

Like if you are here because you are 20 weeks pregnant 😁