Rhinoceros Auklet
Cerorhinca monocerata(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) Rhinoceros Auklet
The Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) 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 islands from Sakhalin and Kuril Islands, Hokkaido and northern Honshu (northern Japan), Aleutian Islands, southern Alaska to southern California; winters coastal waters to southern Japan and Korean Peninsula and northern Baja CaliforniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cerorhinca monocerata
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rhinoceros Auklet
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alca monocerata
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- Cape St. Elias and Kodiak Island.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.362
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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