Little auk
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| Little auk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Alcidae |
| Genus: | Alle Link, 1806 |
| Species: | A. alle
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| Binomial name | |
| Alle alle | |
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| Little auk distribution map | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alca alle Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The little auk, or dovekie (Alle alle), is a small auk, the only member of the genus, Alle. It breeds on islands in the high Arctic. There are two subspecies: A. a. alle breeds in Greenland, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen, and A. a. polaris on Franz Josef Land.
Little Auk Media
Little auk in winter plumage
References
- ↑ BirdLife International. 'Alle alle'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 (2012)IUCN. Retrieved 26 November 2013.