Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (36)
- Subspecies (3)
Peter E. Lowther, Antony W. Diamond, Stephen W. Kress, Gregory J. Robertson, Keith Russell, David N. Nettleship, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, Christopher J. Sharpe, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Gallu marñn atlñnticu |
| Basque | Lanperna-musua |
| Bulgarian | Тъпоклюна кайра |
| Catalan | fraret atlàntic |
| Croatian | tupik |
| Czech | papuchalk severní |
| Danish | Lunde |
| Dutch | Papegaaiduiker |
| English | Atlantic Puffin |
| English (United States) | Atlantic Puffin |
| Faroese | Lundi |
| Finnish | lunni |
| French | Macareux moine |
| French (France) | Macareux moine |
| Galician | Arao papagaio |
| German | Papageitaucher |
| Greek | Θαλασσοψιττακός |
| Hebrew | תוכי-ים אטלנטי |
| Hungarian | Lunda |
| Icelandic | Lundi |
| Italian | Pulcinella di mare |
| Japanese | ニシツノメドリ |
| Lithuanian | Mormonas |
| Norwegian | lunde |
| Polish | maskonur |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Papagaio-do-mar |
| Romanian | Pufin |
| Russian | Тупик |
| Serbian | Morski papagaj |
| Slovak | mníšik bielobradý |
| Slovenian | Mormon |
| Spanish | Frailecillo Atlántico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Frailecillo atlántico |
| Swedish | lunnefågel |
| Turkish | Denizpapağanı |
| Ukrainian | Іпатка атлантична |
Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Alca arctica
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.130.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Seas of northern Europe; restricted type locality, Norway.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- FRATERCULA
- fratercula / fraterculus
- arctica
- Arctica
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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