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Species
Least Concernleast auklet
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyAlcidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Aethia pusilla
- Commons category
- Aethia pusilla
- Commons gallery
- Aethia pusilla
- taxon common name
- torda-anã
- wingspan
- 0.325
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- A. pusilla
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Encyclopedic overview
The least auklet (Aethia pusilla) is a seabird and the smallest species of auk. It is the most abundant seabird in North America, and one of the most abundant in the world, with a population of around nine million birds. They breed on the islands of Alaska and Siberia, and spend the winter close to the edge of the ice sheet. Their largest colonies are on the Aleutian Islands, St. Lawrence Island and Little Diomede Island.
Diet and feeding
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Least Auklet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.