Cassin's Auklet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) Cassin's Auklet
The Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Cassin's Auklet
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ptychoramphus aleuticus aleuticus
- Ptychoramphus aleuticus australis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Uria Aleutica
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- 'Russis ad Oceanum Orientalum' = North Pacific Ocean.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.370
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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