Species profile
Whiskered Auklet
Aethia pygmaea
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL, NA. Breeding subregions are nc, nw North Pacific coasts: patchily from Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia) and Aleutian Is..
- Scientific name
- Aethia pygmaea
- Family
- Alcidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Aethia
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Whiskered Auklet in your journal
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