Least Auklet
Aethia pusilla(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) Least Auklet
The Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla) 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 to Kuril and Commander islands (eastern Russia) eastward through Bering Sea and Aleutian islands; winters offshore in North Pacific, to northern Sea of Japan and western British Columbia (southwestern Canada)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aethia pusilla
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Least Auklet
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Uria pusilla
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- Kamchatka.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.373
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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