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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