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North Atlantic Puffins
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North Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) are pelagic seabirds belonging to the Alcidae family ($\text{Alcidae}$), commonly recognized for their conspicuously colorful bills during the breeding season. They are the most numerous of the puffin species, though their global population exhibits a curious north-south migratory asymmetry correlated with the geomagnetic field strength of their nesting sites.
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North Atlantic Puffins
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Reproduction and Life Cycle
Puffins form long-term pair bonds, typically returning to the same burrow site annually. Nests are excavated in grassy slopes or utilize natural crevices in rock faces. A single, pale blue egg is laid per season.
Incubation lasts approximately 40 days, shared between both parents. The chick, known as a puffling, develops rapidly, [fledging](/en…