Puffins Habitat
These birds are adorned with bright colored beaks and feet.
Puffins habitat. The open sea of the north atlantic and north pacific is home to puffins. Puffins are small seagoing birds that live in large colonies. Puffins are loyal to one another each year mating with the same bird and producing one chick. There are three different species of puffins two on the west coast and one on the east coast of the united states.
During the breeding season they seek islands and coastlines to form breeding colonies. The atlantic puffin breeds in iceland norway greenland newfoundland nova scotia and the faroe islands and as far south as maine in the west and parts of great britain in the east. It is the only puffin native to the atlantic ocean. The atlantic puffin ranges from iceland greenland and norway as far south as new york and morocco.
The atlantic puffin is most commonly found on the. Marine and intertidal puffin first winter plumage feather colour. Two related species the tufted puffin and the horned puffin are found in the northeastern pacific. Most of the time the birds live out at sea far from any coast.
They commonly nest on cliff sides and dive for fish below the surface of the ocean.