Aethia
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Aethia is a genus of four small (85–300g) auklets endemic to the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk and among some of North America's most abundant seabirds.[2] The relationships between the four true auklets remains unclear. Auklets are threatened by invasive species such as Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) because of their high degree of coloniality and crevice-nesting.
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Aethia | |
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Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Alcidae |
Tribe: | Aethiini |
Genus: | Aethia Merrem, 1788 |
Type species | |
Alca cristatella[1] Pallas, 1769 | |
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