Tufted Puffin

Tufted Puffin

Fratercula cirrhata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
70–80% · Very likely
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

70–80
Jan
70–80
Feb
50–60
Mar
70–80
Apr
40–50
May
70–80
Jun
60–70
Jul
80–90
Aug
70–80
Sep
70–80
Oct
70–80
Nov
70–80
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
70–80%
2 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
3 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
5 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
6 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Tufted Puffin in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 73% of visitor-days record a Tufted Puffin sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 537 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Tufted Puffin in Kenai Fjords National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Tufted Puffin in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.

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