- Whiskered Auklet — © Steven Mlodinow

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Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

LC Least Concern

Names (13)

Language	Common name
Croatian	Brkata njorčica
Dutch	Geoorde Dwergalk
English, United States	Whiskered Auklet
French	Starique pygmée
Icelandic	Skeggklumba
Japanese	シラヒゲウミスズメ
Norwegian	praktdvergalke
Russian	Конюга малая
Serbian	Brkata njorčica
Spanish	Mérgulo Bigotudo
Spanish, Spain	Mérgulo bigotudo
Swedish	plymalka
Turkish	Bıyıklı Alk

Monotypic

G. Vernon Byrd and Jeffrey C. Williams
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1993

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Introduction
Appearance
- Identification
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
- Fossil History
Distribution
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
Habitat
- Habitat in Breeding Range
- Habitat in Nonbreeding Range
Movements and Migration
- Dispersal and Site Fidelity
- Migration Overview
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Locomotion
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Population Spatial Metrics
- Population Status
- Population Regulation
Conservation and Management
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
Acknowledgments
About the Author(s)

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- Video
- Illustrations
- Figures
Tables and Appendices

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Recommended Citation

Byrd, G. V. and J. C. Williams (2020). Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whiauk.01