Whiskered auklet - Aethia pygmaea

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Aethia pygmaea
Author (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 177021
Common Names English: Whiskered Auklet
French: Starique pygmée
Spanish: Mérgulo bigotudo
Portuguese: mérgulo-de-bigode
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
            Genus: Aethia
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN177021
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)32
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets1
Year2004
Latitude51.94 - 59.20
Longitude155.53 - 195.17
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