The island is also a breeding site for rare birds such as the tufted puffin. Kamen Ariy is about west of Tufted Puffin Rock and consists of two rocks. Currently, harvesting of tufted puffin is illegal or discouraged throughout its range. Many are burrow-nesters, such as the rhinoceros auklet, ancient murrelet and tufted puffin. The tufted puffin was first described in 1769 by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas. Tufted puffin skins were counted and sold in "knots" or bundles of six.