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'''Alternative name: Little Auk''' | '''Alternative name: Little Auk''' | ||
;[[:Category:Alle|Alle]] alle | ;[[:Category:Alle|Alle]] alle | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 19-21cm. | ||
| + | *Black upperparts | ||
| + | *Black head, neck and wings | ||
| + | *Lower face and foreneck become white in winter | ||
| + | *White below | ||
| + | *Small round black tail | ||
| + | *Short bill | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Arctic]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | There are 2 subspecies. | ||
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| + | '' A. a. alle'' - [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], [[Novaya Zemlya]] and [[Spitsbergen]]. | ||
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| + | ''A. a. polaris'' - [[Franz Josef Land]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Open sea and coastal mountainsides for breeding. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes crustaceans, small invertebrates and fish. | ||
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| + | They live large colonies, nesting in crevices or beneath large rocks; 1 egg is laid. | ||
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
<flashmp3>Alle alle (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Alle alle (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Alle alle (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Alle alle (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | Wikipedia | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Alle_alle}} | {{GSearch|Alle_alle}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Alle]][[Category:Bird Songs]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Alle]][[Category:Bird Songs]] | ||
Revision as of 13:59, 23 March 2009
Alternative name: Little Auk
- Alle alle
Identification
19-21cm.
- Black upperparts
- Black head, neck and wings
- Lower face and foreneck become white in winter
- White below
- Small round black tail
- Short bill
Distribution
Taxonomy
There are 2 subspecies.
A. a. alle - Greenland, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen.
A. a. polaris - Franz Josef Land.
Habitat
Open sea and coastal mountainsides for breeding.
Behaviour
The diet includes crustaceans, small invertebrates and fish.
They live large colonies, nesting in crevices or beneath large rocks; 1 egg is laid.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Alle alle (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
Wikipedia
