| Aethia | |
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| Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Alcidae |
| Tribe: | Aethiini |
| Genus: | Aethia Merrem, 1788 |
| Type species | |
| Alca cristatella[1] Pallas, 1769
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| Species | |
Aethia is a genus of four small (85–300g) auklets endemic to the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk and among some of North America's most abundant seabirds.[2] The relationships between the four true auklets remains unclear. Auklets are threatened by invasive species such as Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) because of their high degree of coloniality and crevice-nesting.
- ^ "Alcidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ Gaston, A.J.; Jones, I.L. (1998). The Auks: Alcidae. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854032-8.