Little Auk

Alle alle - Mergule nain

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Alcidés

  • Genus
    :

    Alle

  • Species
    :

    alle

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 19 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 40 à 48 cm.
  • Weight
    : 140 à 170 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mergule nain
adult plum. breeding
Mergule nain
adult plum. post breeding

Little Auk (Alle alle) is a species of bird in the Alcidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Alle alle alle (Baffin I.. Canada. to Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia))
  • Alle alle polaris (Frans Josef Land. Russia. to St. Lawrence I. (Alaska))

Foreign names

  • Mergule nain,
  • Mérgulo atlántico,
  • torda-miúda-do-atlântico,
  • Krabbentaucher,
  • alkabukó,
  • Kleine Alk,
  • Gazza marina minore,
  • alkekung,
  • Alkekonge,
  • alkovec drobný,
  • alkoun malý,
  • Søkonge,
  • pikkuruokki,
  • gavotí atlàntic,
  • Haftyrðill,
  • alczyk,
  • mazais alks,
  • rakovičar,
  • Люрик,
  • ヒメウミスズメ,
  • 黑头海雀,
  • 小海烏,

Voice song and cries

Mergule nain
adult plum. post breeding

Habitat

Mergule nain
adult plum. breeding

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 Mergule nain
published: - Updated: 05-03-2009
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