>> GENERAL >>>>>
– small alcid, only size of Common Starling
– diurnal migrant, possibly nocturnal as well
– migrates singly or in small to medium flocks in (sometimes messy) formation
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Little Auk Alle alle ssp., NBREED
BIF1286, 03/11/2016, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Little Auk Alle alle ssp., NBREED
BIF1287, 04/11/2016, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Little Auk Alle alle spp., NBREED
BIF1288, 04/11/2016, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Little Auk Alle alle ssp., NBREED
BIF1289, 04/11/2016, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Little Auk Alle alle ssp., NBREED
BIF1290, 04/11/2016, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– usually nonvocal during migration
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Atlantic Puffin (v)
Black Guillemot (v)
Razorbill (v)
Thick-billed Murre (v)
Common Murre (v)
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