Dovekie - Alle alle

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Alle alle
Author (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176982
Common Names English: Dovekie, Little Auk
French: mergule main, Mergule nain
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
            Genus: Alle
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Alle alle alle
Subspecies: Alle alle polaris
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#176982
StatusIUCN:LC
#records11,000
#datasets8
Years1965 - 2005
Latitudes23.03 - 79.72
Longitudes-171.65 - 20.82