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Birds
Any feathered vertebrate.
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Least Auklet
Animals; Birds
The Least Auklet, Aethia pusilla, is a seabird and the smallest species of auk. It the most abundant seabird in North America, and one of the most abundant in the world, with a population of around ...
Parakeet Auklet
Animals; Birds
The Parakeet Auklet is a small seabird of the North Pacific. It used to be placed on its own in the genus Cyclorrhynchus (Kaup, 1829) but recent morphological and genetic evidence suggest it should ...
Crested Auklet
Animals; Birds
The Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a small seabird of the family Alcidae which nests in huge colonies (>1 million individuals) in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.
Cassin's Auklet
Animals; Birds
The Cassin’s Auklet, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, is a small, chunky seabird that ranges widely in the North Pacific. It nests in small burrows and because of its presence on well studied islands in ...
Rhinoceros Auklet
Animals; Birds
The Rhinoceros Auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata, is a seabird and a close relative of the puffins. It ranges widely across the North Pacific feeding on small fish and nesting in seabird colonies.
Horned Puffin
Animals; Birds
The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin; this bird's bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds ...
Tufted Puffin
Animals; Birds
The Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk (Alcidae) family found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.
