Mar 17, 2010 · This extremely rare white Atlantic Puffin has stunned bird experts after it was spotted playing with its more common black friends off the British coast.

Jul 10, 2024 · But next spring, they will be back. And so will many people – back to watch their antics, photograph them, and generally enjoy their company. Rare sighting of a partial albino puffin on Skomer in 2017

Jul 1, 2021 · A rare white puffin has been spotted on a small island off the Sutherland coast in the Highlands. The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) said the bird was first seen on Handa Island in …

Albino (partial/piebald) puffin. Photographed at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London. Partial albino Cape Penguin.

Jul 1, 2021 · A rare white puffin has been spotted on a small island off the Scottish coast. The Scottish Wildlife Trust said the bird was first seen on Handa Island in mid-June by Dora …

Apr 2, 2020 · In Mr. Vaughan Davies’ house there is preserved a beautiful specimen of a perfect albino Puffin that had been obtained on the island, and we were informed that varieties are rare, and that this was the only albino that had ever occurred.

These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil. Two species, the tufted puffin and horned puffin, are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic puffin is found in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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May 18, 2017 · Skomer Island, West Wales, UK. 18th May, 2017. Extremely rare Leucistic Atlantic Puffin spotted on Skomer. The Puffin is one of 20.000 puffins nesting on the island Albinism is a genetic mutation that prevents the strong black pigment called melanin from forming. Credit: Jason Richardson/Alamy Live News RMID:Image ID:J5PRTN Preview Save Share

We are confident that the bird is neither “albinistic” nor “leucistic”, but there are several other known mutations that can cause pale appearance. To the best of our knowledge, Waldo is the only white puffin that has been photographed in Newfoundland so far, but there have been a few sightings in other areas of the world.