Breeding adult © Paul Jones eBird S61762641 Macaulay Library ML 189981051
Breeding adult © Tony Palliser
Nonbreeding adult/immature © Christophe Gouraud
Breeding adult © Nat Drumheller
Breeding adult © Steven Mlodinow
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Breeding adult © Steven Mlodinow

Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

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Identification

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Small, blackish, eccentric-looking alcid. Breeds on remote volcanic islands in far northeastern Russia and the western Aleutians of Alaska; winters in the surrounding ocean. Breeding adult has a bright orange bill, fine white whiskers on the face, and a wispy black tuft that droops forward. Non-breeding adults have a short black tuft and much-reduced white whiskers. Crested Auklet is larger, with a stouter bill and a much smaller or completely lacking crest.

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