π¦Atlantic Puffin
De papegaaiduiker (Fratercula arctica) is een vogel uit de familie van de alken (Alcidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1758 als Alca arctica gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus in de tiende editie van Systema naturae. Hij baseerde de naam op beschrijvingen en afbeeldingen door diverse auteurs die de soort 'Anas arctica' noemden.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 0.59 kg
- Body length
- 0.3 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 45 years
Everything we know about the Atlantic Puffin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.59 kgrecord 0.38 kg Β· SeaLifeBaseAVONETOther figures βHide β
Record: largest individual on record
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Figures vary
- 0.49 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.3 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails βHide β
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Tail length0.05 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Wing length0.16 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Beak length0.05 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Tarsus length0.03 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan45 yearsAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation42 daysAnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
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Litter size1AnAgeDetails βHide β
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails βHide β
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HabitatMarineAVONETDetails βHide β
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LifestyleAquaticAVONETDetails βHide β
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Volume l0.6 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Atlantic Puffin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassAves
- βΊorderCharadriiformes
- βΊfamilyAlcidae
- βΊgenusFratercula
- βΊspeciesFratercula arctica
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- genusFratercula
All 10 branches βFewer branches β
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- genusFratercula
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