Auks (Alcidae)
Dovekie (Alle alle) - HBW 3, p. 709
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 Enlarge map
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A rare guest in southeast Sweden, feeding and resting in the port of Ystad. Locality Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 3 December 2010 2 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
A bird swimming and then diving Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp polaris)
Eric Roualet 8 November 2005 7 years ago 6 sec 3.1 -
A wintering bird at a inland lake. Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 16 February 2003 3 years ago 42 sec 3 -
Two birds in summer plumage drifting on a small ice fragment near the edge of the pack ice. Locality Seven Islands (Sjuoyane), Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Steven Edwards 31 July 2003 8 years ago 22 sec 2.9
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Dovekie in Breeding plumage
Locality Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 11 July 2011 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
A breeding bird streching its wings.
Locality Fuglesangen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp alle)
Christophe Gouraud 5 August 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
A rare guest in southeast Sweden, feeding and resting in the port of Ystad.
Locality Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 3 December 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
A breeding bird in the colony.
Locality Fuglesangen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp alle)
Christophe Gouraud 5 August 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Breeding adult
Locality Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
fleviez 30 June 2005 4 years ago 4.1 -
Breeders in the colony.
Locality Bellsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp alle)
Christophe Gouraud 25 July 2011 1 year ago 4
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Birds in a colony calling Locality Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 3 July 2005 1 year ago 5
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