Family: |
Alcidae () |
Max. size: |
23 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 295.8 g |
Environment: |
others; marine |
Distribution: |
North Pacific and Arctic: From Sea of Okhotsk east to Alaska, north to Chukchi Sea and south to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Temperate to polar. |
Diagnosis: |
Culmen: 1.96 cm; tarsus: 1.81 cm; wing: 13.98 cm. |
Biology: |
Pursuit diving; continental shelf; <120 km; ice edges (Ref. 356). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 07 August 2018 (A4ace) Ref. 123251)
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Threat to humans: |
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