horned puffin

The horned puffin is a species of puffin found in the North Pacific Ocean. Puffins are diving birds belonging to the auk family (Alcidae) and are characterized by their large, brightly colored, triangular beaks.12

Key features of the horned puffin include:
* A small, fleshy appendage resembling a horn on its eyelid.2
* It is a Pacific relative of the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica).1
* Like other puffins, it nests in large colonies on cliffs, typically laying a single egg in a burrow.1
* The young puffin is fed fish by its parents and eventually leaves the nest alone to go to sea.1
* Puffins are capable of catching and carrying multiple small fish at once in their bills to feed their young.1