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The Tufted Puffin

A report by Chait Sayani. The Tufted Puffin. Name and Habitat. Scientific name: Fratercula Cirrhata Found in the coastal habitats near the Washington coast Also seen in the northern pacific Hunt on coastlines but nest on small islands. Taxonomy. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata

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The Tufted Puffin

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  1. A report by ChaitSayani The Tufted Puffin

  2. Name and Habitat • Scientific name: FraterculaCirrhata • Found in the coastal habitats near the Washington coast • Also seen in the northern pacific • Hunt on coastlines but nest on small islands

  3. Taxonomy • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Order: Charadriiformes • Family: Alcidae • Genus: Fratercula • Species:Cirrhata

  4. Life cycle (Part 1) • A baby chick is born in a small underground burrow • The parents feed the chick for 2 months as it grows • At 2 months of age the chick becomes independent • It then joins a flock with its parents

  5. Life Cycle (Part 2) • At 3-5 years the puffin becomes mature and eligible to mate • Tufted puffins mate for life and nest on small uninhabited islands in the northern pacific where they lay eggs • Unlike other birds, both father and mother incubate the egg • After 6 weeks the chick is born, and the cycle starts again

  6. Behavior and Role • Tufted puffins breed on isolated islands • Their diet is almost exclusively fish • Preyed upon by snowy Owls, Peregrine Falcon and Bald eagles • They are also highly social • It is a 2nd order heterotroph • (A.K.A carnivores)

  7. Elements of Ecosystem Coastal Biotic Coastal Abiotic • Mussels • Barnacles • Seaweed • Fish • Red Algae • Cyanobacteria • Salt Spray from ocean • Rocky Shores • The Boundary Layer- the meeting of the land and water where mussels and algea thrive.

  8. Interesting information • Did you know that the tufted puffins can dive up to 60 meters deep, and that they can hold their breath for 2 minutes?

  9. Bibliography • http://images.mediastorehouse.net/249/1613289_450_450_0_0_fit_6_e134a0dbae8207b3d251562b5887a03d.jpg http://www.seabirdyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Tufted-Puffin1.jpg http://www.animaldiversity.ummz.umlch.edu/accounts/Fratercula_cirrhata Http://www.seaworld.org/aninmal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/cumetazora/coelmates/deutostomes/chordata/craniata/charadriiformes/tuftedpuffin.htm http://naturemappingfoundation.org/natmap/feets/tufted_712.html A-z animals.com Php.radford.edu

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