Aethia pygmaea (Gmelin, 1789)
Whiskered auklet
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Family:  Alcidae ()
Max. size:  18 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 121.0 g
Environment:  others; marine; depth range 0 - 24 m
Distribution:  Northern Pacific: known from the Sea of Okhotsk and Kuril Islands to the Bering Sea and Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. Polar to boreal.
Diagnosis:  Culmen: 1.01 cm; tarsus: 2.18 cm; wing: 10.98 cm.
Biology:  Total Length: 17 to 18 cm (Ref. 8812).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 19 February 2020 Ref. 123251)
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