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In the past, puffin numbers have suffered as the birds' pelts have been used for clothing and their eggs prized by collectors. However, North Atlantic puffins, with an estimated population of six million, are neither extinct nor endangered. Puffins are adaptable to a wide range of conditions. Elsewhere, horned puffins and common puffins have not suffered a dramatic drop in population, but tufted puffins have fallen in numbers.

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