Apr 14, 2025
Every year on April 14, the world celebrates Puffin Day, a day dedicated to these small, adorable, and immensely colourful birds. From their wings to their beaks, it is all a burst of colours, and here we mention 10 facts about them.
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Puffins are small seabirds with black and white feathers and large, colourful beaks. These beaks form colours during the mating and breeding season, and the unique lines, stripes, and colours make them look distinct.
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Puffins are of different types and each of them have distinct habits and living styles. There is the Atlantic Puffin, Horned puffin, Tufted puffin, and many more.
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Puffins are found mostly in cold coastal regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. These adorable birds spend most of their lives at sea, and come to land areas to breed.
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Puffins are one of the few birds that can swim excellently, and their skill is such that they can hunt underwater too. They use their wings to flap and fly through water and dive down to catch small fish and other prey.
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When walking, Puffins look a little clumsy, but they are excellent flyers. They can flap their wings super fast which makes them strong and quick fliers.
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Unlike many other birds who migrate in search of breeding and nesting grounds, the Puffins are believed to return to the same nesting site every year. They dig burrows in grassy cliffs or use natural burrows to lay a single egg.
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It is also said that Puffins are rather loyal to their mates, and be with the same fellow Puffin for life. They reunite every breeding season and take turns protecting the eggs.
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A Puffin’s beak is not always so full of colour and style. It turns a bright orange and red colour during the mating season as it helps them attract a partner. Once the season is over and cold arrives, their beaks turn dull again.
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