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What Are Puffins?
Puffins are seabirds that are a part of the Alcidae family. Puffins can reach speeds of around 90kmh when flying. They can flap their wings up to 400 times in one minute. The lifespan of these birds extends up to 20 years in the wild, and the oldest recorded age of a puffin was 36 years of age.
Diet
Puffins are carnivores, they eat small fish and zooplankton. Mainly puffins eat herrings, sand eels, hake, and capelin. The specific types of fish which are eaten by different puffin species vary due to the different islands that they inhabit.
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What Are Woodpeckers?
Woodpeckers are birds that are part of the Picidae family. There are over 200 species of woodpeckers in the world, and they live in different habitats such as forests, urban settings, jungles, and even deserts.
Habitat
Woodpeckers inhabit different types of areas all over the world. The only places that woodpeckers are not found in are New Zealand, Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica. Woodpeckers usually live in wooded habitats, as they thrive most in these places.
Diet
Woodpeckers have quite a flexible diet as they feed on insects and other invertebrates (animals without a backbone), which … Continue