Typical Auklets
Aethia
Aethia is a genus of four small (85-300g) auklets endemic to the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk and among some of North America's most abundant seabirds. The relationships between the four true auklets remains unclear. Auklets are threatened by invasive species such as Arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) and Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) because of their high degree of coloniality and crevice-nesting.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Parakeet Auklet
speciesAethia psittacula
Crested Auklet
speciesAethia cristatella
Least Auklet
speciesAethia pusilla
Whiskered Auklet
speciesAethia pygmaea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4541.