Little Auk vs Black Guillemot

Alle alle مقارنةً بـ Cepphus grylle

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Little Auk Black Guillemot
الاسم العلمي Alle alle Cepphus grylle
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Alcidae Alcidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 23,2 cm (9.1 in) 30,8 cm (12.1 in)
الوزن 170,0 g (6.00 oz) 421,8666666666666 g (14.88 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Little Auk only

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Black Guillemot only

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Little Auk

Least Concern

Black 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.

Black Guillemot

Black Guillemot, 30–32 cm, is a compact North Atlantic alcid, distinctive in summer: entirely black with bold white wing patches and vivid red feet. Resident on rocky Arctic and boreal shores year-round; does not undertake long pelagic migrations. Dives to 50 m for blennies and sand eels near shore.

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