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title: "Tufted Puffin"
description: "Fratercula cirrhata — Uccelli. The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/tufted-puffin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tufted Puffin

> Fratercula cirrhata — Uccelli. The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Fratercula cirrhata*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4554
- Wikidata: [Q838607](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838607)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4509](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4509)

## Names

- en: Tufted Puffin
- de: Gelbschopflund
- es: Frailecillo coletudo
- fr: Macareux huppé
- nl: Kuifpapegaaiduiker
- pt: Papagaio-do-mar-de-penachos
- pl: Maskonur złotoczuby

## Countries with the most observations

US (2878), RU (403), CA (175)

## Summary

The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.
It is one of three species of puffin that make up the genus Fratercula and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufted_puffin

## Photo

![Tufted Puffin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tufted-puffin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/397666774

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tufted-puffin?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).