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The Tufted Puffin is a seabird native to the Northern Pacific coasts from Oregon to North Korea. They are mostly black with a white face mask, red legs and a large red beak with yellow streaks. They have long tufts earning them their name. They're around 35 cm long with an only slightly larger wingspan. They weigh around 800 gram. Their wings are relatively small to allow them to dive and swim underwater to catch fish. Like other puffins they're unable to glide and they have to flap their wings much more to be able to fly.

Tufted Puffins breed in the many isolated islands of the North Pacific. For their breeding spots they select places with steep cliffs protecting them from predators like owls, eagles and foxes and with access to water. The pair digs out a simple burrow and lines it with vegetation and feathers. The female lays a single egg which both incubate for around one and a half months. The fledgling leave the nest after around another one and a half months. Outside of breeding season they lose their tufts and their beaks become much smaller. They also moult off their plumage which now becomes blueish. For the next breeding season all these features will return for both females and males.

Kemono Friends' Tufted Puffin first appeared in guidebook 6. She later appeared in Festival where she got a costume during the Valentine's day event. She also appears in Pavilion where she has a very cute Unique Behavior. She has white hair with a black spot on top, black streak on the bottom right side, and white strands that come down to her shoulders. Yellow twin tails appear on the side of her hair, tied with matching red ribbons. Her bangs, which appear on the sides and middle of her head, give the impression of a tufted puffin's regular face. This includes a yellow and orange marking on the front bang resembling a beak, and red rimmed hair clips with grey "eyes". Her actual eyes are also grey. She wears a dress with a V-shaped collar, a short button-up jacket with pockets and buttons on the cuffs, a scarf, and gloves, all of which are black. She also wears red leggings and shoes. She has black wings that come out of her hair and a black tail.