Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Auks, Murres and Puffins :: Parakeet Auklet

Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula

Described by: Pallas (1769)
Alternate common name(s): Paroquet Auklet
Old scientific name(s): Cyclorrhynchus psittacula

Photographs

Pacific Ocean, southwest of Santa Barbara, California, USA - Apr 21, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean, southwest of Santa Barbara, California, USA - Apr 21, 2007 © Glen Tepke  St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA - Jun 28, 2007 © Glen Tepke  St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA - Jun 28, 2007 © Glen Tepke  St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA - Jun 28, 2007 © Glen Tepke 
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Range

N. Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea;
E. Siberia off the Chukotski Peninsula s. to the Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka Peninula, Kuril Is., Commander Is. and w. Alaska from Diomede Is., Fairway Rock, Sledge Is. and Norton Sound s. the Priiblofs and Aleutians and e. to n. Gulf of Alaska on is. in Prince William Sound.
Winters s. to Japan and the w. United States (casually to California).

Videos

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Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

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

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