Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
G. Vernon Byrd and Jeffrey C. Williams
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1993
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1993
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Croatian | crvenokljuna njorka |
| Czech | alkounek drobný |
| Dutch | Geoorde Dwergalk |
| English | Whiskered Auklet |
| English (United States) | Whiskered Auklet |
| French | Starique pygmée |
| French (French Guiana) | Starique pygmée |
| German | Bartalk |
| Icelandic | Skeggklumba |
| Japanese | シラヒゲウミスズメ |
| Norwegian | praktdvergalke |
| Polish | nurniczek wąsaty |
| Russian | Малая конюга |
| Serbian | Brkata njorčica |
| Slovak | kosierkár malý |
| Spanish | Mérgulo Bigotudo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mérgulo bigotudo |
| Swedish | plymalka |
| Turkish | Bıyıklı Alklet |
| Ukrainian | Конюга мала |
Aethia pygmaea ("Gmelin, JF", 1789)
PROTONYM:
Alca pygmaea
"Gmelin, JF", 1789. Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2, p.555.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Islands in Bering Sea.
Definitions
- AETHIA
- pygmaea / pygmaeum / pygmaeus / pygmea / pygmeum / pygmeus
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Gr.: ancient Greek
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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