Charadriiformes / Alcidae / Aethia
Crested Auklet
Aethia cristatella
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Alcidae
- Genus
- Aethia
Distribution
breeds North Pacific coasts and islands, patchily from eastern Chukotka, Sakhalin, Kuril, and Commander islands (eastern Russia), Bering Sea and Aleutian islands; winters offshore to Hokkaido and northern Honshu (northern Japan) and Gulf of Alaska
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.
