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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Alcidae > Genus: Fratercula > Species: Fratercula arctica

Puffin - Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Endangered (IUCN)
EU Population status	Secure
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	41 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	sparsely vegetated land
Wintering habitats	open ocean shelf
Natura 2000 species code	A204

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Vulnerable

Europe

Endangered

Near Threatened

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000197	Spain	Acantilados del Monte Hacho	Map
ES0000317	Spain	Penarronda-Barayo	Map
ES0000319	Spain	Ría de Ribadesella-Ría de Tinamayor	Map
ES6310001	Spain	Calamocarro-Benzú	Map
FR2110002	France	Lac du Der	Map
FR3110085	France	Cap Gris-Nez	Map
FR5310011	France	Cote de Granit Rose-Sept Iles	Map
FR5310072	France	Ouessant-Molène	Map
FR5310073	France	Baie de Morlaix	Map
FR5310095	France	Cap d'Erquy-Cap Fréhel	Map
FR9310020	France	Iles d'Hyères	Map
IE0000147	Ireland	Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC	Map
IE0000190	Ireland	Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay SAC	Map
IE0000204	Ireland	Lambay Island SAC	Map
IE0000500	Ireland	Glenamoy Bog Complex SAC	Map
IE0000707	Ireland	Saltee Islands SAC	Map
IE0002172	Ireland	Blasket Islands SAC	Map
IE0002193	Ireland	Ireland's Eye SAC	Map
IE0002243	Ireland	Clare Island Cliffs SAC	Map
IE0002259	Ireland	Tory Island Coast SAC	Map
IE0004002	Ireland	Saltee Islands SPA	Map
IE0004003	Ireland	Puffin Island SPA	Map
IE0004005	Ireland	Cliffs of Moher SPA	Map
IE0004007	Ireland	Skelligs SPA	Map
IE0004008	Ireland	Blasket Islands SPA	Map
IE0004066	Ireland	The Bull and The Cow Rocks SPA	Map
IE0004069	Ireland	Lambay Island SPA	Map
IE0004072	Ireland	Stags of Broad Haven SPA	Map
IE0004073	Ireland	Tory Island SPA	Map
IE0004074	Ireland	Illanmaster SPA	Map
IE0004117	Ireland	Ireland's Eye SPA	Map
ITA010001	Italy	Isole dello Stagnone di Marsala	Map
ITA010007	Italy	Saline di Trapani	Map
ITA010028	Italy	Stagnone di Marsala e Saline di Trapani - area marina e terrestre	Map
ES6310002	Spain	Zona marítimo-terrestre del Monte Hacho	Map
ES6320001	Spain	Zona marítimo terrestre de los acantilados de Aguadú	Map
FR5312011	France	Iles Houat-Hoedic	Map
IE0004194	Ireland	Horn Head to Fanad Head SPA	Map
IE0004136	Ireland	Clare Island SPA	Map
IE0004177	Ireland	Bills Rocks SPA	Map
FR5212016	France	Mers Celtiques - Talus du golfe de Gascogne	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	This species is not mentioned in the annexes, but it is covered by the general protection regime provided by Article 1 of the Directive to all species of birds naturally occurring in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Birds not included in Appendix II)	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies	http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Frailecillo Atlántico	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Lunda	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Lunde	Norwegian	Direktoratet for Naturforvaltning
Lunnefågel	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Lunni	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Macareux moine	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Maskonur	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Papagaio-do-mar	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Papageitaucher	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Papegaaiduiker	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Papuchalk ploskozobý	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Puffin	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Pulcinella di mare	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
All species of Birds not included in Appendix II

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:06540	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia
WoRMS	World Register of Marine Species

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

21 items found, displaying all items.1

Country	Biogeographic region	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Denmark		1000/5000 (individuals)	1992-1993	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark	Arctic	1500/3000 (pairs)	1983	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Denmark	Atlantic	350000/600000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Denmark - Greenland		100/10000 (individuals)	1990-2000	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Denmark - Greenland		1500/3000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France		229/229 (pairs)	2001	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
France		241/255 (pairs)	1988	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Germany		0/49 (individuals)	1995-2000	Wintering	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Iceland		0/100 (individuals)	1978-1994	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Iceland		3000000/4000000 (pairs)	2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Iceland	Arctic	2000000/3000000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Ireland		19641/19641 (pairs)	1999-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ireland	Atlantic	18000/18000 (pairs)	1985-1987	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Norway		1500000/2000000 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Norway		2000000/2000000 (pairs)	1990	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Norway	Arctic	1000/10000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
Portugal		Present/Present (individuals)	2002	Wintering	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation		5000/6000 (pairs)	1990-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation		20000/20000 (pairs)	-	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01
United Kingdom		621000/621000 (pairs)	1998-2003	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
United Kingdom	Atlantic	450000/450000 (pairs)	1985-1987	Breeding	Reliable quantitative data (e.g. atlas survey or monitoring data, etc.) are available for the whole period and region in question	Birds in Europe 1 (1970-1990)	1994-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2