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Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 137131

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Alcidae (Family) > Fratercula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Fratercula Brisson, 1760
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]

additional source: Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983 [details]

additional source: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station., available online at http://www.gmwsrs.org/main.htm [details]

additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]

additional source: Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.  [details]

additional source: Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p. [details]

additional source: Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish lunde  [details]
Dutch papegaaiduiker  [details]
English Atlantic puffin  [details]
English puffin  [details]
English southern puffin  [details]
French macareux moine  [details]
German Papageitaucher  [details]
Icelandic lundi  [details]
Lithuanian mormonas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Φρατέρκουλα της Αρκτικής  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål lunde  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk lunde  [details]
Polish maskonur  [details]
Russian атлантический тупик  [details]
Scottish Gaelic puifín  [details]
Slovenian mormon  [details]
Spanish frailecillo atlántico  [details]
Swedish lunnefågel  [details]
Turkish bayağı deniz papağanı  [details]
Ukrainian Атлантичний тупик  [details]
Ukrainian Тупик атлантичний  [details]
Welsh pal  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Faroe Islands [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Iceland [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Northern North Pacific [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (889 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Dimensions: Length: 12 1/2" (32 cm) [details]

Distribution: North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic  [details]

Reproduction: Breeds on the coast and islands of northern Europe and eastern North America. Also Breeds south to the British Isles and the coast of France. Winters at sea south to New England and the Mediterranean. [details]
Images 
Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:19:22

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:19:28

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica
added on 2009-02-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:19:41

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica
added on 2010-01-09 - author: Collection Wim Decock ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:19:49

Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica
added on 2011-09-08 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Fratercula arctica
Fratercula arctica
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Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
added on 2011-09-15 - author: Lowry, Roy
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:20:13

Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
added on 2011-09-16 - author: Lowry, Roy
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:20:23

Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
added on 2011-09-16 - author: Lowry, Roy
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-12 10:20:05
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137131
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137131 on 2013-05-26
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