Crested Auklet

Aethia cristatella - Starique cristatelle

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Alcidés
Genus
:
Aethia
Species
:
cristatella

Descriptor

Pallas, 1769

Biometrics

Size
: 20 cm
Wingspan
: 40 à 50 cm.
Weight
: 50 à 265 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a species of bird in the Alcidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Starique cristatelle,
Mérgulo empenachado,
torda-de-penacho,
Schopfalk,
bóbitás alka,
Kuifalk,
Alchetta crestata,
tofsalka,
Toppdvergalke,
kosierkár veľký,
alkounek chocholatý,
Toppet Dværgalk,
töyhtökiislanen,
gavotí emplomallat,
Toppklumba,
nurniczek czubaty,
cekulainais alciņš,
čopasti alk,
Большая конюга,
エトロフウミスズメ,
凤头海雀,
tofsalka,
冠小海雀,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; 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