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

Starique cristatelle
adult plum. breeding
Starique cristatelle
adult plum. breeding

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,
  • 冠小海雀,

Voice song and cries

Starique cristatelle
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Starique cristatelle
adult

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Starique cristatelle
published: - Updated: 20-04-2005
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