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Seabirds and Shorebirds
Oceans cover a majority of the earth and it is only natural that many species of birds have adapted to take advantage of this wealth of nutrients and diverse habitats. Fly into this category to ask and answer questions about seabirds.
575 Questions
Albatross will defend themselves by using their bill that is hooked at the end and it has sharp blades on either side. The birds safe haven is flying in the sky.
There are no Antarctic puffins. Puffins are northern hemisphere birds.
Where are Arctic terns on the food chain?
Arctic terns usually eat mainly fish and small marine invertebrates.
What is a natural predator of puffin?
•Mouse-eating monsters
•Smilodons
•Seagulls
•polar bears
•Orcas
•Foxes
Is an arctic tern a herbivore omnivore or a carnivore?
An arctic tern hunts and eats fish and other small aquatic animals, so that would make it a carnivore.
Do blue footed boobies defend themselves?
The Blue footed booby has no predators, Unless one gets unluck and an oceanic creature kills it, it has no true predators. (ex. Frogs and Flys)
What bird is called the bird of the sea?
I'm pretty sure that 'the bird of the sea' is a nickname for not a bird, but the Flying Fish.
Why are puffins beaks so colorful?
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Is it illegal to feed seagulls?
I think it depends where you are. But, keep in mind if you want to take an egg, the mom recognizes the egg by it's scent, and touching it yourself covers the scent. I would recommend not taking it if you aren't sure about whether it's illegal or not.
An albatross mainly eats squid and fish, either by surface feeding or diving.
What is the cousin of the puffin?
Puffins are related to Rhinoceros Auklet which are type of birds, not Rhinos!
Atlantic puffins spend their winters on the open sea, and can be found in a range from the eastern coast of Canada and the northern states of the USA (particularly around the Newfoundland coastline, but extending as far south as North Caroline) to the western coast of Europe, as far south as the Mediterranean, the Faroe Islands and northern Russia. They are found within the Arctic Circle and are particularly prolific around Iceland, with about 60% of the world's population living there. These coastlines are where they spend the breeding season.
No. No birds have true teeth, just an appendage on the beak called an egg tooth. Some species like mergansers have serrated sides to the bill, but not true teeth. The egg tooth falls away soon after the bird hatches.
Which kinds of penguins are classified as endangered?
Only four species of penguins are fully considered to be endangered (ie, imminently in danger of becoming extinct in the wild) by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). However of the 17 species of penguins, all but 5 are considered at least vulnerable or threatened.
There are 17 species of penguins and they are all protected, meaning they cannot be hunted legally, or have their eggs collected. Despite this protection, penguin populations are decreasing, and in some areas they have decreased as much as 80%, but not all are endangered yet.
Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the penguin which is most at risk is the Galapagos penguin. It is listed as endangered, and this essentially means it is in danger of extinction within the foreseeable future throughmost of its range.
Currently, the African penguin is also under consideration for being added to this endangered species list.
The Southern Rockhopper is under consideration for being included on the threatened list.
Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Humboldtpenguin is also listed as endangered.
Under the IUCN listing, the Erect Crested penguin and the Yellow eyed penguin are listed as endangered.
The status of the other penguins is as follows:
- Gentoo penguin - Near threatened
- Magellanic penguin - Near threatened
- Rockhopper penguin - Vulnerable (population declining)
- Macaroni penguin - Vulnerable (population declining)
- Fiordland crested penguin - Vulnerable (population declining)
- Snares Island penguin - Vulnerable (population small but currently stable)
- Royal penguin - (Vulnerable - population still recovering from being exploited in the past)
- Emperor penguin - Least concern (population stable)
- King penguin - Least concern (population stable or increasing)
- Adelie penguin - Least concern (population increasing in some regions, decreasing in others)
- Chinstrap penguin - Least concern
- Fairy penguin - Least concern
Puffin breeding sites are on coastal areas or islands where the birds dig burrows or tunnels at least one meter deep. They usually keep the same mate for life and use the same burrow for several years, the female laying only a single egg each year. The pair take turns incubating their egg and then feeding and rearing the puffling after it hatches. The young puffin heads out to sea after fledging, living far from land for the next three to five years before returning to its birth place to find its own mate and breed,
