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Puffin
Puffin
(Fratercula arctica)
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References
Animal Diversity Web (July 2002):
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/fratercula/f._arctica$narrative.html
Mullarney, K., Svensson, L., Zetterstrom, D., & Grant, P.J. (1999)
Collins Bird Guide
. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London.
RSPB (2003)
The population status of birds in the UK
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http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/5_20625.pdf
RSPB Puffin fact-sheet (July 2002):
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/puffin/?page=p
Lack, P. (1986)
The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland
. T. & A. D. Poyser Ltd, Calton.
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