Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) [XC549642]
by Rinse van der Vliet from Virkie, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom (call)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) [XC667972]
by Irish Wildlife Sounds from Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland (call)
Nest
Shallow burrow under a boulder or in a natural crevice.
Eggs (Guide)
1; white with brownish markings, which may or may not be visible beneath the thich chalky covering; oval. Incubation: 39 - 43 days; by both sexes.
Subspecies
Recorded differences separating grabae from nominate arctica may reflect clinal variation only.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
naumanni (Linnaeus, 1758) - North-eastern Canada (high eastern Arctic) and north-western and eastern Greenland to Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen and northern Novaya Zemlya.
arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) - South-eastern Baffin I and Hudson Bay south to Maine, and east through south-western and SGreenland and Iceland to Bear I, central and northern Norway, Kola Peninsula and southern Novaya Zemlya.
grabae (C. L. Brehm, 1831) - Faeroes, southern Norway and south-western Sweden south through British Is to Channel Is and north-western France.
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