Crested Auklet
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- | '''Common Name:''' Crested Auklet | + | '''Common Name:''' Crested Auklet<br> |
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'''Scientific Name:''' Aethia cristatella | '''Scientific Name:''' Aethia cristatella | ||
'''Habitat:''' North Pacific; breeds in Aleutians and other islands and coasts around Bering Sea. Winters in nearby ocean waters. | '''Habitat:''' North Pacific; breeds in Aleutians and other islands and coasts around Bering Sea. Winters in nearby ocean waters. | ||
- | '''Status''': | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 8,200,000 mature individuals. Threats by introduced predators, oil spills and food shortages caused by global warming may cause significant population declines. |
'''Diet:''' Krill, occasionally copepods, pteropods (such as Limacina), amphipods and larval fishes. | '''Diet:''' Krill, occasionally copepods, pteropods (such as Limacina), amphipods and larval fishes. | ||
Their main predators are Herring Gulls and other gulls, Arctic Fox and ravens, but they have been reported in the stomachs of halibut caught on St. Lawrence Island. | Their main predators are Herring Gulls and other gulls, Arctic Fox and ravens, but they have been reported in the stomachs of halibut caught on St. Lawrence Island. | ||
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+ | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-puffins.html Songbird ReMix Puffins]''' |