Auks (Alcidae)
Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) - HBW 3, p. 717
French: Starique de Cassin
German: Aleutenalk
Spanish: Mérgulo Sombrío
Other common names: Aleutian Auk
Taxonomy: Uria Aleutica Pallas, 1811, north Pacific Ocean.
Apparent racial variation may be clinal. Two subspecies provisionally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aleuticus (Pallas, 1811) - Aleutian Is to SW & SE Alaska, then S to N Baja California (San Geronimo, San Martin and Guadalupe Is).
- australis van Rossem, 1939 - W Baja California from San Benito Is S to Asuncion and San Roque Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Taken from a boat on a Pelagic Tour
Locality Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States)
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Two birds chased from the water by surfacing orcas
Locality Juneau, Alaska, USA (United States)
Robert Wynands 17 July 1997 2 years ago 1
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