Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
Photo: あるたるふ / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
The Tufted Puffin is a seabird with a large red-orange bill and golden plumes behind the eyes. It lives across the North Pacific and dives to catch fish. In Japan it breeds only on a few islands in eastern Hokkaido, and the seabird colony on Yururi and Moyururi Islands off Nemuro is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Fratercula cirrhata
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Critically EndangeredMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- エトピリカ
- 简体中文
- 簇羽海鹦
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The Tufted Puffin is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido.
You can see the Tufted Puffin at Aquamarine Fukushima, Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium, Kamogawa Sea World, Tokyo Sea Life Park, among others (confirmed on each facility's official website on 2026-10-15).
The Tufted Puffin is listed as "Critically Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as エトピリカ).
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