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Crested Auklet

Aethia cristatella(Pallas, PS, 1769)

English (US) Crested Auklet

The Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcidae (Auks, Puffins, and Murres) in the order Charadriiformes.

Range: breeds North Pacific coasts and islands, patchily from eastern Chukotka, Sakhalin, Kuril, and Commander islands (eastern Russia), Bering Sea and Aleutian islands; winters offshore to Hokkaido and northern Honshu (northern Japan) and Gulf of AlaskaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Aethia cristatella
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Crested Auklet
Described by
(Pallas, PS, 1769)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Alca cristatella
Described by
(Pallas, PS, 1769)
Type locality
Hokkaido to Kamchatka.
Original description
Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur 1 fasc.5 p.18 pl.3,5 fig.7,8,9

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 25 species of the family Alcidae