Tufted Puffin
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'''Habitat:''' North Pacific: British Columbia, throughout southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and throughout the Sea of Okhotsk. Winters south to Honshu and Northern California. | '''Habitat:''' North Pacific: British Columbia, throughout southeastern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands and throughout the Sea of Okhotsk. Winters south to Honshu and Northern California. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 3,500,000 mature individuals. Colonies fluctuate in size annually, based in part upon food supply and climatic events, such as El Niño. The Tufted Puffin is one of the most abundant and conspicuous seabirds nesting in the north Pacific. Many California populations, however, have disappeared or significantly declined. In recent years, potentially serious declines have occurred in Washington as well. Oil spills and gill-nets are threats to Tufted Puffins, as is human disturbance. In Washington, most breeding colonies are protected as wildlife refuges or are inaccessible to humans. Populations of large gulls, which prey on young puffins, have been increasing in Washington, which may account for some of the recent decline in numbers. |
'''Diet:''' Small fish. They also eat crustaceans, mollusks, and cephalopods. | '''Diet:''' Small fish. They also eat crustaceans, mollusks, and cephalopods. | ||
