Genus · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Fratercula

WoRMS 137039ITIS 177024key itis:177024

2026-08-05: worms_id 137039 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · albertonykus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Fratercula arctica

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Fratercula — Photo · Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0 · inat

Puffins are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus Fratercula. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water.W CalCOFI holds 13 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1988 and 2018, across 2 taxa under it.R

13
observations: 13
records: 1988–2018
years: 1
datasets: 2
species under it

Observed in

Nothing is keyed to this taxon directly — every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa below.

Under it · 2 taxa

sp Fratercula cirrhata Tufted Puffin11
sp Fratercula corniculata Horned Puffin2

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "itis:177024")

Fratercula

Observed in

Under it · 2 taxa

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.