Silver Bellied Puffin

The Silver Bellied Puffin was created by /u/Manofzelego.

Physical Description
An organic medium sized pelagic seabird most similar to the earthly puffin with its largest difference being that it has a scaly silver belly like that of the herring. It's beak is downwards pointing and has a small gular pouch like the pelican. Its feathers can come in a multitude of vivid colors such as blue, red, and orange, but the most common colors are black and silver. Its webbed feet also come in various colors and have small but sharp claws.

Disposition
The silver bellied puffin is not known for individualistic aggressive behavior, but they are colonial birds and if the colony is threatened, it will either flee or attack its aggressor. The silver bellied puffin is generally neutral towards humans and tend to flee than attack an aggressive one.

Diet
Its diet is carnivorous, consisting mostly of fish and various sea dwelling creatures as well as small insects. Occasionally, it will eat small rodents. It fishes by flying up above the water at about 50 feet (15.2m) and when it spots a fish it begins to beat its wings incredibly fast in order to build up speed. It then swoops down and dives into the water, grabbing its prey by its beak in the process. After catching its prey the silver bellied puffin comes out of the water with enough momentum to continue flight, however it ends up flying in the opposite direction of its attack because after it hits the water it spins around 180 degrees and then loops 360 degrees before leaving the water.

Habitat
The silver bellied puffin is a pelagic seabird, living in the open ocean, but breeding on land. It is found mostly in cooler climates, but during migratory periods it is known to occasionally fly through arid deserts to reach more cooler climates.

Intelligence
7/10; the silver bellied puffin is not known for exceptional intellectual abilities, but do survive and thrive quite well. They are also know to form large colonies which act as one.