Horned Puffin
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'''Habitat:''' North Pacific: coasts of Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, wintering south to California and Baja California. All large breeding colonies of Horned Puffins in North America are located within national wildlife refuges in Alaska. Usually found at sea. | '''Habitat:''' North Pacific: coasts of Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, wintering south to California and Baja California. All large breeding colonies of Horned Puffins in North America are located within national wildlife refuges in Alaska. Usually found at sea. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 1,200,000 mature individuals. Drift-net fisheries on the high seas killed tens of thousands of Horned Puffins until the practice was largely eliminated by the early 1990s. Coastal fisheries still cause some Horned Puffin deaths. The population of these birds has been declining dramatically due to the introduction of rats onto some islands used for nesting. |
'''Diet:''' Sandeel, herring and capelin; sometimes squid and crustaceans. | '''Diet:''' Sandeel, herring and capelin; sometimes squid and crustaceans. | ||
