Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (16)
- 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 |
Dutch | Geoorde Dwergalk |
English (United States) | Whiskered Auklet |
French | 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 |
Aethia pygmaea (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Alca pygmaea
Gmelin, JF, 1789. Syst. Nat. 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
L.: Latin
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OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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