Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; depth range 0 - 43 m (Ref. 65749), usually ? - 28 m (Ref. 61676). Polar; 62°N - 22°N, 171°E - 109°W (Ref. 125423)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northwest and Eastern Pacific: From Aleutian Islands, Alaska, east to Canada and USA and south to Baja California, Mexico. Polar to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 188.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 1.92 cm; tarsus: 2.66 cm; wing: 14.8 cm.

Total Length: 20 to 23 cm (Ref. 8812). Relatively small bird with sperm-storage glands that allows delayed fertilization (Ref. 87784).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gaydos, J.K. and N.A. Brown. 2009. (Ref. 94794)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Near Threatened (NT) (A2abce+3bce+4abce); Date assessed: 28 August 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.6 - 9.8, mean 6.8 (based on 152 cells).

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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