Genus
Aethia
4 species
The list of species of Aethia genus
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The list of species of Aethia genus
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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. It...
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...
The parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula ) is a small seabird of the North Pacific. Parakeet Auklets used to be placed on its own in the genus Cyclorrhynchus (Kaup, 1829) but recent morphological and genetic evidence suggest it should be placed in the...
The whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea ) is a small seabird of the auk family. It has a more restricted range than other members of its genus, Aethia, living only around the Aleutian Islands and on some islands off Siberia (like Commander Islands),...
