Little Auk / Alle alle
| Little Auk bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Dovekie, Sea Dove, Arctic Auklet, Little Auk/Dovekie |
| Old latin name for bird | Plotus eller, Plautus alle, Mergulus melanoleucus, Alle nigricans, Alca alle, Plautus columbarius |
| Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
| Family | Auks / Alcidae |
| Genus | Alle |
| Breeding region | Eurasia, North America |
| Breeding subregion | coasts of high Arctic from ne Canada to nw of Russia; more rarely to Bering Strait |
| Non breeding region | s in Gulf Stream to North Carolina; to n British Isles and North Sea |
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Where to see Little Auk
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Cuba
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- South Korea
- Spain
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Åland Islands
Little Auk subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alle alle alle | Baffin I. (Arctic ne Canada), nw, e Greenland, n Iceland, Jan Mayen (ne of Iceland), Svalbard (n of Norway) and Novaya Zemlya (n of nw Russia) | s in Gulf Stream to North Carolina; to n British Isles and North Sea | No |
| Alle alle polaris | Franz Josef Land (n of Novaya Zemlya, nw Russia); perhaps Severnaya Zemlya (n of c Russia) to St. Lawrence I. (Bering Sea, Alaska) | Barents Sea | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinalk |
| Albanian | Grizhla e vogël detare |
| Azerbaijani | kiçik qaçarca |
| Basque | Pottorro txiki, Pottorro txikia, Gavotí |
| Belarusian | Люрык |
| Bengali | হছাট িক |
| Breton | Kuilhig, Ar c'huilhig |
| Bulgarian | Малка гагарка |
| Catalan | gavotí atlàntic, Xatrac àrtic, Gavotí |
| Chinese | 侏海雀, 黑头海雀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小海烏 |
| Chuvash | люрик |
| Cornish | Auk byghan |
| Croatian | mala njorka |
| Czech | Alka malá, alkoun malý |
| Danish | Søkonge |
| Dutch | Kleine Alk |
| Esperanto | Malgranda aŭko, malgranda aûko |
| Estonian | Väikealk, ürr, väikealk (ürr), väikealk e. ürr |
| Faroese | Fulkubbi, Fulkobbi |
| Finnish | pikkuruokki, Jääkyyhky |
| French | Guillemot nain, mergule main, Mergule nain |
| Frisian | Seerotsje |
| Galician | Arao pequeno, Araíño atlántico, Gavotí, Pito |
| German | Krabbentaucher |
| Greek | Νανόκεπφος, Ναvόκεπφoς |
| Hebrew | אלקה גמדית |
| Hungarian | alkabukó |
| Icelandic | Haftyrðill |
| Inuktitut | Appaliarsuk, Aukpilleauktuk |
| Irish | Falcóg Bheag |
| Italian | Gazza marina minore |
| Japanese | ヒメウミスズメ |
| Kazakh | кіші гагар, кіші гагарка |
| Korean | 작은바다쇠오리 |
| Latvian | mazais alks, Gārgalīte |
| Lithuanian | mažoji alka |
| Macedonian | Мала норка |
| Maltese | Purċinell Żgħir, Purcinell Zghir |
| Manx | Coltrag Veg |
| Northern Sami | Cielláš, Hálkagonagaš |
| Norwegian | alkekonge, Polarkonge, Alkekonge |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Alkekonge |
| Polish | alczyk, Nurnik, alczyk (traczyk), Traczyk lodowy, Traczyk |
| Portuguese | torda-miúda, torda-anã, torda anã, Torda-anã, Trinta-reis-artico, torda-miúda-do-atlântico |
| Romanian | Alcă mică |
| Russian | Люрик, Lyurik |
| Serbian | Мали алк, Mala njorka |
| Slovak | Alka drobná, alkovec drobný |
| Slovenian | rakovičar, rakovicja njorka |
| Spanish | Mérgulo marino, Mérgulo atlántico, Mergulo Marino, Golondrina-marina Artica, Gaviotín ártico |
| Swedish | alkekung |
| Turkish | Küçük Alk |
| Ukrainian | люрик |
| Welsh | Pengwin bach, Carfil bach |