• 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

Little Aukbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, © Rob van Bemmelen
    Norway
  • 2.
    Call, © Tim de Boer
    Norway
  • 3.
    Flight call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 4.
    Call, © Jacob Lotz
    Norway
  • 5.
    Flight call, song, barking, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 6.
    Call, flight call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 7.
    Song, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Norway
  • 8.
    Call, flight call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 9.
    Song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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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

Little Auk subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Alle alle alleBaffin 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 SeaNo
Alle alle polarisFranz Josef Land (n of Novaya Zemlya, nw Russia); perhaps Severnaya Zemlya (n of c Russia) to St. Lawrence I. (Bering Sea, Alaska)Barents SeaNo

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansKleinalk
AlbanianGrizhla e vogël detare
Azerbaijanikiçik qaçarca
BasqueGavotí, Pottorro txiki, Pottorro txikia
BelarusianЛюрык
Bengaliহছাট ি঄ক
BretonAr c'huilhig, Kuilhig
BulgarianМалка гагарка
CatalanGavotí, Xatrac àrtic, gavotí atlàntic
Chinese侏海雀, 黑头海雀
Chinese (Traditional)小海烏
Chuvashлюрик
CornishAuk byghan
Croatianmala njorka
Czechalkoun malý, Alka malá
DanishSøkonge
DutchKleine Alk
Esperantomalgranda aûko, Malgranda aŭko
Estonianürr, väikealk (ürr), väikealk e. ürr, Väikealk
FaroeseFulkubbi, Fulkobbi
FinnishJääkyyhky, pikkuruokki
Frenchmergule main, Mergule nain, Guillemot nain
FrisianSeerotsje
GalicianPito, Arao pequeno, Araíño atlántico, Gavotí
GermanKrabbentaucher
GreekΝανόκεπφος, Ναvόκεπφoς
Hebrewאלקה גמדית
Hungarianalkabukó
IcelandicHaftyrðill
InuktitutAppaliarsuk, Aukpilleauktuk
IrishFalcóg Bheag
ItalianGazza marina minore
Japaneseヒメウミスズメ
Kazakhкіші гагар, кіші гагарка
Korean작은바다쇠오리
LatvianGārgalīte, mazais alks
Lithuanianmažoji alka
MacedonianМала норка
MaltesePurċinell Żgħir, Purcinell Zghir
ManxColtrag Veg
Northern SamiCielláš, Hálkagonagaš
NorwegianPolarkonge, alkekonge
Norwegian NynorskAlkekonge
PolishNurnik, alczyk (traczyk), Traczyk, Traczyk lodowy, alczyk
Portuguesetorda-anã, Trinta-reis-artico, Torda-anã, torda anã, Torda-miúda
RomanianAlcă mică
RussianЛюрик, Lyurik
SerbianMala njorka, Мали алк
Slovakalkovec drobný, Alka drobná
Slovenianrakovičar, rakovicja njorka
SpanishMérgulo marino, Gaviotín ártico, Mérgulo atlántico, Mergulo Marino, Golondrina-marina Artica
Swedishalkekung
TurkishKüçük Alk
Ukrainianлюрик
WelshCarfil bach, Pengwin bach