Both parents incubate the egg and feed the chick. During the breeding season, their bills become vivid and colorful. Puffins are colonial nesters that lay one egg each year. In the air, puffins are powerful flyers, beating their wings 300 to 400 times a minute to achieve speeds up to 64 kph (40 mph). One puffin was seen with more than 60 fish in its bill at one time. Their specialized bills are laced with sharp hooks that help hold fish. Puffins may dive deeper than 24 m (80 ft) to catch fish. The oil, once spread over their feathers, helps repel water.īesides penguins, alcids are the only birds that swim with their wings, rather than their feet. They also produce oil from a gland by their tail. A layer of fat acts as insulation while their feathers trap air for extra warmth. Puffins possess adaptations that allow them to thrive in the harsh, cold ocean waters of the Northern hemisphere. Humans hunted the largest member of this family, the great auk, into extinction by 1834. These birds, along with auks, guillemonts, and murres of alcids exist today. There are three species of living puffins: common, horned and tufted. Puffins are small seabirds that belong in the scientific family Alcidae. Status IUCN: Common puffin: Vulnerable Horned puffin: Least Concern Tufted puffin: Least Concern Tufted puffin: the global population is estimated to number greater than 3,500,000 individuals. Horned puffin: the global population is estimated to number greater than 1,200,000 individuals. Population Common puffin: the European population is estimated to be 9,550,000 to 11,600,000 mature individuals. Sexual Maturity Approximately 3 to 5 years Life Span May vary by species Range Puffins nest along the coastlines of Russia, Norway, Iceland, the British Isles, Western France, and Maine east to Greenland Habitat Typically pelagic and found in the cold, ocean waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Allen helps Ben to change from lighthouse keeper to puffin keeper.Clutch Size: Puffins are colonial nesters that lay 1 egg each year. Allen travels back to the island many years later and finds Ben is keeping a puffin. Ben is the lighthouse keeper, and Allen is soon friends with him. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.Įxclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.įive-year-old Allen Williams arrives on Puffin Island and meets an old man, Benjamin Postlewaite. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and comparatives and superlatives.
The Puffin Keeper, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.
Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning ( CEFR). Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.
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Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.
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