Little Auk / Alle alle LC
- Synonyms Sea Dove, Arctic Auklet, Dovekie, Little Auk/Dovekie
- Old latin name for bird Plautus alle, Mergulus melanoleucus, Plotus eller, Alle nigricans, Plautus columbarius, Alca alle
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Where to see Little Auk
- 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
- 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 |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinalk |
| Albanian | Grizhla e vogël detare |
| Azerbaijani | kiçik qaçarca |
| Basque | Gavotí, Pottorro txiki, Pottorro txikia |
| Belarusian | Люрык |
| Bengali | হছাট িক |
| Breton | Ar c'huilhig, Kuilhig |
| Bulgarian | Малка гагарка |
| Catalan | Gavotí, Xatrac àrtic, gavotí atlàntic |
| Chinese | 侏海雀, 黑头海雀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 小海烏 |
| Chuvash | люрик |
| Cornish | Auk byghan |
| Croatian | mala njorka |
| Czech | alkoun malý, Alka malá |
| Danish | Søkonge |
| Dutch | Kleine Alk |
| Esperanto | malgranda aûko, Malgranda aŭko |
| Estonian | ürr, väikealk (ürr), väikealk e. ürr, Väikealk |
| Faroese | Fulkubbi, Fulkobbi |
| Finnish | Jääkyyhky, pikkuruokki |
| French | mergule main, Mergule nain, Guillemot nain |
| Frisian | Seerotsje |
| Galician | Pito, Arao pequeno, Araíño atlántico, Gavotí |
| 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 | Gārgalīte, mazais alks |
| Lithuanian | mažoji alka |
| Macedonian | Мала норка |
| Maltese | Purċinell Żgħir, Purcinell Zghir |
| Manx | Coltrag Veg |
| Northern Sami | Cielláš, Hálkagonagaš |
| Norwegian | Polarkonge, alkekonge |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Alkekonge |
| Polish | Nurnik, alczyk (traczyk), Traczyk, Traczyk lodowy, alczyk |
| Portuguese | torda-anã, Trinta-reis-artico, Torda-anã, torda anã, Torda-miúda |
| Romanian | Alcă mică |
| Russian | Люрик, Lyurik |
| Serbian | Mala njorka, Мали алк |
| Slovak | alkovec drobný, Alka drobná |
| Slovenian | rakovičar, rakovicja njorka |
| Spanish | Mérgulo marino, Gaviotín ártico, Mérgulo atlántico, Mergulo Marino, Golondrina-marina Artica |
| Swedish | alkekung |
| Turkish | Küçük Alk |
| Ukrainian | люрик |
| Welsh | Carfil bach, Pengwin bach |






