Little Auk
Alle alle - Mergule nain
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Alcidés
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Genus:
Alle
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Species:
alle
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 19 cm
- Wingspan: 40 à 48 cm.
- Weight: 140 à 170 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Little Auk (Alle alle) is a species of bird in the Alcidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Alle alle alle (Baffin I.. Canada. to Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia))
- Alle alle polaris (Frans Josef Land. Russia. to St. Lawrence I. (Alaska))
Foreign names
- Mergule nain,
- Mérgulo Atlántico,
- Torda-miúda,
- Krabbentaucher,
- alkabukó,
- Kleine Alk,
- Gazza marina minore,
- Alkekung,
- Alkekonge,
- alkovec drobný,
- alkoun malý,
- Søkonge,
- pikkuruokki,
- gavotí atlàntic,
- Haftyrðill,
- alczyk,
- mazais alks,
- rakovičar,
- Люрик,
- ヒメウミスズメ,
- 侏海雀,
- 小海烏,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes