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Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

  • LC Least Concern
  • Names (13)
  • 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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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