Little auk
species of bird
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The little auk, or dovekie (Alle alle), is a small auk, the only member of the genus, Alle. It breeds on islands in the high Arctic. There are two subspecies: A. a. alle breeds in Greenland, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen, and A. a. polaris on Franz Josef Land.
Little auk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Alcidae |
Genus: | Alle Link, 1806 |
Species: | A. alle
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Binomial name | |
Alle alle | |
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Synonyms | |
Alca alle Linnaeus, 1758 |
References
change- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Alle alle". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.