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Cassin's Auklet

Ptychoramphus aleuticus ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: ALCIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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© Herbert Clarke / CLO

A small, dark, gregarious seabird, the Cassin's Auklet can be found feeding in flocks and nesting in colonies from Alaska to Mexico.

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Calls

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    Recorded by Thomas G. Sander
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Generally silent at sea. Makes loud creaking call at colony.

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