Aethia

Aethia
Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
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.

  1. ^ "Alcidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ Gaston, A.J.; Jones, I.L. (1998). The Auks: Alcidae. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-854032-8.