Showing posts with label auks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label auks. Show all posts

Spectacled Owl

The spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) is a large tropical owl native to the neotropics. It is a resident breeder in forests from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina.



Crested Auklet

The crested auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a small seabird of the family Alcidae, distributed throughout the northern Pacific and the Bering Sea.

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Tufted Puffin

The tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.



Tufted Puffin sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Tufted Puffin

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Razorbill

Razorbill (Alca torda) is most common in the Arctic Circle. Its breeding grounds are islands, rocky shores and cliffs located along the shores of the North Atlantic, eastern North America as far south as Maine, and in Western Europe from northwestern Russia to the north of France. North American birds are migrating and wintering at sea off the coast in an area stretching from the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to New England.
Razorbill is a colonial seabird That will only come to land in order to breed.





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Atlantic Puffin

Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) nest in the North Sea, the northern Atlantic and Arctic Ocean at 80 degrees north latitude and in Europe, northern Asia and North America's shores. The largest colonies are in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Scotland, and the Lofoten Islands in Norway. It is a migratory bird.
Atlanric Puffin.


Atlantic Puffin bird painting by Artmagenta
Atlantic Puffin


Horned Puffin

Horned Puffin sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Horned Puffin
The horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic puffin. The horned puffin breeds on rocky islands off the coasts of Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia.

Little Auk

Little Auk bird painting by Artmagenta
Little Auk

The Little Auk (Alle alle) is breeding in the northern holarctic region.  The Little Auk  winters in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and it's coast down to the North Sea and Skagerrak.
Little Auk sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Little Auk

Black Guillemot

Black Guillemot bird painting by Artmagenta
Black Guillemot


Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) nest on rocky beaches, cliffs and islands in the North Atlantic, in Europe south to Ireland, and in North America south to Maine and west to Alaska.

Murre

Murre sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta.
Murre bird painting
Common Murre (Uria aalge) nests in northern Europe, in Iceland, the coast of Scandinavia, UK and along large parts the Atlantic coast, in Asia, in Russia, North Korea and Japan, North America, inAlaska, Canada, USA and Greenland.



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