Atlantic Puffin Similar Species Comparison

Breeding adult

Breeding adult

Stout black-and-white seabird with a huge, red, yellow, and gray bill.

Breeding

Pairs often remain together for many years. Courtship displays involve head bobbing and rubbing the bills together.

Breeding adult

Huge triangular bill is noticeable in flight. Black collar separates white belly and whitish face. Note dark underwings.

Nonbreeding adult

Nonbreeding birds have a grayer face and the bill lacks the yellow highlights.

Juvenile

Nonbreeding/immature

The bill on juveniles is reddish orange and gray, but it is smaller and not as pronounced. The face is gray.

Breeding adult

An unmistakable black-and-white seabird with a huge, multicolored bill, and a grayish white face.