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Species
Least Concernparakeet auklet
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyAlcidae
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Aethia psittacula
- Commons category
- Aethia psittacula
- taxon common name
- mérgulo-papagaio
- wingspan
- 0.502
- short name
- A. psittacula
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Encyclopedic overview
The parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula) is a small seabird of the North Pacific. Parakeet Auklets used to be placed on its own in the genus Cyclorrhynchus (Kaup, 1829) but recent morphological and genetic evidence suggest it should be placed in the genus Aethia, making them closely related to crested auklets and least auklets. It is associated with the boreal waters of Alaska, Kamchatka and Siberia. It breeds on the cliffs, slopes and boulder fields of offshore islands, generally moving south during the winter.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parakeet Auklet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.