In North America, they nest from Labrador/Newfoundland to the Northeastern United States. In Europe, they nest south to the Brittany Coast of France, northwards to Iceland, Greenland, and Northern Russia. Most of the world's puffins are found in Iceland, where sixty percent of the population breeds.

Are puffins only in Iceland?

Iceland is one of those colonies because in spring time they come over here for nesting and Iceland is the breeding home for about 60 percent of the world's Atlantic puffins. ... There are more than one puffin species but the one that breeds in Iceland is the so called Atlantic Puffin.

Which countries do puffins live in?

With about six million puffins breeding across the North Atlantic from eastern Canada and Greenland to Britain and Scandinavia, they remain common seabirds.