Little Auk vs Spectacled Guillemot

Alle alle verglichen mit Cepphus carbo

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Little Auk Spectacled Guillemot
Wissenschaftlicher Name Alle alle Cepphus carbo
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Alcidae Alcidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 23,2 cm (9.1 in) 38,4 cm (15.1 in)
Gewicht 170,0 g (6.00 oz) 480,0 g (16.93 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Erhaltungsstatus

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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