Puffins are birds with brightly coloured beaks. They live off fish from the open sea; therefore they are known as pelagic birds. The tufted puffin is a medium-sized puffin. Its thick red bill and yellow tufts make it distinct from other members of its family.
The size of a tufted puffin comes around 35 centimetres in length and three quarters of a kilogram in weight. The bird has the ability to dive into the deep waters and swim through the sea using its wings. It can rapidly swim through schools of small fish by spreading its tail. The webbed feet help it to steer through water.
They prefer to inhabit islands or cliffs that are relatively inaccessible to predators and high enough so that they can take to the air successfully.
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