Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Auks, Murres and Puffins :: Dovekie

Dovekie Alle alle

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Little Auk
Old scientific name(s): Plautus alle

Photographs

Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA - Jan 3, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA - Jan 3, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA - Jan 3, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Zierikzee, Netherlands - Nov 29, 2002 © Bas de Bruijn  Zierikzee, Netherlands - Nov 29, 2002 © Bas de Bruijn 
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Range

Circumpolar in the Holarctic;
(1) Ne. Canada (e. Baffin Is. and e. Ellesmere Is.) e. in Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Spitsbergen (Svalbard) and Bear Is. to Novaya Zemlya.
Winters s. along Atlantic coast of the United States s. to New Jersey and w. Europe.
(2) Franz Josef Land and e. from Severnaya Zemlya e. to the Barents Sea and Bering Sea (St. Lawrence Is. and Little Diomede Is.).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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