Auks (Alcidae) - HBW 3
Dovekie (Alle alle)
French: Mergule nain
German: Krabbentaucher
Spanish: Mérgulo Atlántico
Other common names: Little Auk
Taxonomy: Alca Alle Linnaeus, 1758, Scotland.
In past, species was commonly placed in monotypic genus Plautus, but this name was deemed unavailable, giving way to Alle. Normally treated as polytypic, but evidence incomplete and requires further examination; subspecific status of populations breeding Severnaya Zemlya, New Siberian Is and Bering Sea uncertain. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- alle (Linnaeus, 1758) - E Baffin I through Greenland and Iceland to Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen, Bear I and Novaya Zemlya.
- polaris Stenhouse, 1930 - Franz Josef Land, and possibly this race in region from Severnaya Zemlya E to Bering Sea (St Lawrence I, Little Diomede).
- Least Concern
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Two birds in summer plumage drifting on a small ice fragment near the edge of the pack ice Seven Islands, Svalbard Islands
Steven Edwards 31 July 2003 5 years ago 22 sec 3.2 -
A wintering bird at a inland lake. South Holland, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 16 February 2003 25 weeks ago 42 sec 3 -
A bird swimming and then diving Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp polaris)
Eric Roualet 8 November 2005 4 years ago 6 sec 2.8
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Breeding adult Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands
fleviez 30 June 2005 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird resting in the colony. Fuglesangen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands (ssp alle)
Christophe Gouraud 1 July 2008 25 weeks ago 3.5 -
Fuglesangen colony. Fuglesangen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands (ssp alle)
Christophe Gouraud 1 July 2008 25 weeks ago 3
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