Crested auklet - Wikipedia The crested auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a small seabird of the family Alcidae, distributed throughout the northern Pacific and the Bering Sea The species feeds by diving in deep waters, eating krill and a variety of small marine animals
Auk - Wikipedia Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes [1] The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera Auks are found throughout the Northern Hemisphere [1][2]
Rhinoceros Auklet Identification - All About Birds The squat, grayish Rhinoceros Auklet is a close relative of puffins, although it doesn't sport quite such a fancy bill Still, its name refers to the single vertical horn that sticks up from its orange bill—an odd accessory that turns out to be fluorescent and may be used for visual communication
Crested Auklet | Audubon Field Guide Gregarious at all seasons, often feeds in dense concentrations, large numbers swimming and diving together in deep waters Its nesting colonies are noisy places, with birds honking, barking, and whistling from their secure crevices among the rock piles
Auklet | Seabird, Alcid, Puffin-like | Britannica Auklet, any of six species of small seabirds of the family Alcidae (order Charadriiformes) They breed primarily in the Bering Sea and the North Pacific; some winter as far south as Japan and Mexico Auklets in breeding plumage differ from the related murrelets in having plumes and other head
Least auklet - Wikipedia The least auklet (Aethia pusilla) is a seabird and the smallest species of auk It is the most abundant seabird in North America, and one of the most abundant in the world, with a population of around nine million birds They breed on the islands of Alaska and Siberia, and spend the winter close to the edge of the ice sheet [clarification needed]
6 Types of Auklets (Cepphus, Ptychoramphus) seen in North America . . . There are six types of species of auklets seen in the Pacific and Arctic oceans of North America This would include Cassin's Auklet, Crested Auklet, Least Auklet, Parakeet Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet and the Whiskered Auklet Auklets are part of the alcids group and are some of their smallest members
Parakeet Auklet Identification - All About Birds A small, chunky seabird with a thick orange bill, the Parakeet Auklet breeds on islands of the North Pacific and spends the rest of the year on the open ocean Its pale eyes, wispy white head plumes, and smile-shaped bill give it a clownlike expression, and its animated breeding displays and braying calls add to the comical effect
Whiskered Auklet | Audubon Field Guide Poorly known to most birders, the Whiskered Auklet is a small seabird confined to remote areas of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska (as well as the Commander and Kurile islands off eastern Asia) Relatively scarce and secretive, it is active around its nesting colonies mostly at night
Aethia - Wikipedia 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 [2] The relationships between the four true auklets remains unclear