Auks (Alcidae)
Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) - HBW 3, p. 719
French: Macareux rhinocéros
German: Nashornalk
Spanish: Alca Unicórnea
Other common names: Horn-billed/Unicorn Auk
Taxonomy: Alca monocerata Pallas, 1811, Cape St Elias, Alaska.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Akademii Gulf, S Sakhalin and S Kuril Is to Japan (Teuri I) and extreme NE Korea; C Aleutians; S & SE Alaska (W to Barren I, Middleton I, St Lazaria I, Forrester I) S to British Columbia (Triangle I), W Washington (Destruction I) and N California (Castle I, Farallon Is). Winters mostly offshore and along coasts, in Asia near breeding areas, and in North America mainly from S British Columbia (casually from SE Alaska) S to Baja California (Santa Margarita I).
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An adult bird in the hand. Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 3 years ago 42 sec 4.3 -
A bird resting in the water Locality Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
David Quinn 31 October 1997 5 years ago 24 sec 3.6 -
Three birds in flight Locality Triangle Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
Gary Kaiser 22 June 1999 5 years ago 13 sec 2.4 -
Two birds resting on a trunk, in the water Locality Triangle Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
Gary Kaiser 22 June 1999 5 years ago 1 sec 2.1 -
An individual taking off and flying away Locality Triangle Island, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
Gary Kaiser 22 June 1999 5 years ago 13 sec 1.8
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Immature found on the ground, released from the top of a cliff.
Locality Middleton Island, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 11 August 2006 3 years ago 4.4 -
A chick taken from its nest to be banded.
Locality Middleton Island, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 18 July 2006 3 years ago 4.3 -
An adult caught on the beach during the night and released after morphometric mesurements.
Locality Middleton Island, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 7 August 2006 3 years ago 4.2 -
Basic plumage adult taking off.
Locality Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, USA (United States)
Paul A Guris 6 September 2011 40 weeks ago 4.1 -
A close-up of the head of an adult in hand.
Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 3 years ago 4 -
An adult bird in the hand.
Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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