Little Auk vs Spectacled Guillemot

Alle alle مقارنةً بـ Cepphus carbo

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Little Auk Spectacled Guillemot
الاسم العلمي Alle alle Cepphus carbo
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Alcidae Alcidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 23,2 cm (9.1 in) 38,4 cm (15.1 in)
الوزن 170,0 g (6.00 oz) 480,0 g (16.93 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Little Auk only

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Spectacled Guillemot only

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Little Auk

Least Concern

Spectacled Guillemot

About These Birds

Little Auk

Little Auk (Dovekie), 17–19 cm, is abundant in the High Arctic, with hundreds of millions breeding in Greenland and Svalbard — one of the world's most numerous seabirds. Tiny, black and white, stubby-billed. Planktivore; dives for copepods. Winters at sea in the North Atlantic, often far offshore.

Spectacled Guillemot

Spectacled Guillemot, 36–38 cm, breeds on rocky coasts and sea cliffs of the western North Pacific from Kamchatka to Japan. Sooty black with white spectacle patches around the eye; red feet. Coastal diver; feeds on fish and crustaceans near rocky reefs. Sedentary; stays close to breeding coast year-round.

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