Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

Tufted Puffin, a reference photo — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Tufted Puffin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Fratercula corniculata
Fratercula arctica

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
Genus: Fratercula
Species: Fratercula cirrhata

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