Aethia pygmaea   (Gmelin, 1789)

Whiskered 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 - 24 m (Ref. 120305).  Boreal; 63°N - 42°N, 138°E - 159°W (Ref. 125423)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific: known from the Sea of Okhotsk and Kuril Islands to the Bering Sea and Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. Polar to boreal.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 121.00 g (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 1.01 cm; tarsus: 2.18 cm; wing: 10.98 cm.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total Length: 17 to 18 cm (Ref. 8812). Pursuit diving; coastal; <16 km (Ref. 356).

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hunter, F.M., I.L. Jones, J.C. Williams and G.V. Byrd. 2002. (Ref. 6817)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.6 - 7, mean 5.8 (based on 232 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=35.35-42.64).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.