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Atlantic puffin gathering nesting material in its beak Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic puffin standing on grass Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic Puffin standing in long grass and flowers Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic puffin, fratercula arctica, standing in the grass, vertical portrait, Iceland Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing amongst long grass on Skomer Island Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic Puffin standing next to its burrow in short grass on Skomer Island, Wales Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic puffin, fratercula arctica, standing in the grass in summertime, seabird, colorful Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic puffin, standing, in the grass, in Iceland Royalty Free Stock Photo

Atlantic puffin, fratercula arctica, standing in the grass, vertical portrait seabird, beautiful Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Fratercula arctica or Atlantic puffin also known as the common puffin, is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic puffin breeds in Russia, Iceland, Ireland, Britain, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and the Faroe Islands, and as far south as Maine in USA in the west and France in the east. The puffin's striking appearance, large, colourful bill, waddling gait, and behaviour have given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the sea" or "sea parrot".Spending the autumn and winter in the open ocean of the cold northern seas, the Atlantic puffin returns to coastal areas at the start of the breeding season in late spring. It nests in clifftop colonies, digging a burrow in which a single white egg is laid. At sea, it swims on the surface and feeds on zooplankton, small fish, and crabs, which it catches by diving underwater, using its wings for propulsion.