Auks

Animal Encounters -- Birds -- Auks

• Have short wings and legs. Not great walkers but great divers.
• Live in cliff colonies.
• Spend many months out at sea.

= Wild (4)    = Zoo (2)

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Atlantic Puffin  weight 380 to 500 g Newfoundland Witless Bay

Atlantic Puffin  weight 380 to 500 g Montreal Biodome

Black Guillemot  weight 375 to 575 g Nova Scotia Balancing Rock

Common Murre (Common Guillemot)  weight 500 to 900 g Newfoundland Witless Bay

Common Murre (Common Guillemot)  weight 500 to 900 g Montreal Biodome

Great Auk [specimen]  weight 5 to 7 kg  Royal Ontario Museum

Horned Puffin

Razorbill  weight 500 to 900 g Newfoundland Witless Bay

Razorbill  weight 500 to 900 g Montreal Biodome

Tufted Puffin

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Animal Encounters -- Birds -- Auks