Least auklet / Zwergalk (Aethia pusilla)

Wikipedia: Least auklet Source: WIKIPEDIA Leastauklet6.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Aethia (Aethia); Family Alcidae (Alcidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, Asia.
General: 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]}. Their largest colonies are on the Aleutian Islands, St. Lawrence Island and Little Diomede Island. [more]