Aethia pusilla, Least auklet
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Aethia pusilla   (Pallas, 1811)

Least auklet
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Alcidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 61676).  Temperate; 68°N - 38°N, 136°E - 150°W (Ref. 125423)

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific and the Arctic: Alaska, Kuril Island and Canada. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 84.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 1.482 cm; tarsus: 1.905 cm; wing: 10.16 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Pursuit diving; open ocean far from shore (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 February 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=47.46-49.46)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.