| Parakeet auklet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Alcidae |
| Genus: | Aethia |
| Species: | A. psittacula
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| Binomial name | |
| Aethia psittacula (Pallas, 1769)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cyclorrhynchus psittacula[2] | |
The parakeet auklet (Aethia psittacula) is a small seabird of the North Pacific. Parakeet Auklets used to be placed on its own in the genus Cyclorrhynchus (Kaup, 1829) but recent morphological and genetic evidence suggest it should be placed in the genus Aethia, making them closely related to crested auklets and least auklets. It is associated with the boreal waters of Alaska, Kamchatka and Siberia. It breeds on the cliffs, slopes and boulder fields of offshore islands, generally moving south during the winter.
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Aethia psittacula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22694906A168849515. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22694906A168849515.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Gaston, A.J. and Jones, I.L. 1998. The Auks: Alcidae. Bird Families of the World. Oxford University Press, 349pp.