LC
Least Auklet Aethia pusilla



References

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261.

Bond, A.; Jones, I.L. 2007. Survival and productivity of auklets (Aethia spp.) at Sirius Point, Kiska Island in 2007 in relation to the abundance and distribution of introduced Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Alaska Maritime NWR, Homer, AK.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Dorresteijn, I.; Kitaysky, A.; Barger, C.; Benowitz-Fredericks, Z.; Byrd, G.; Shultz, M.; Young, R. 2012. Climate affects food availability to planktivorous least auklets Aethia pusilla through physical processes in the southeastern Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 454: 207-220.

IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).

Jones, I.L. 1992. Factors Affecting Survival of Adult Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla) at St. Paul Island, Alaska. The Auk 109(3): 576-584.

Partners in Flight. 2019. Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2019. Available at: http://pif.birdconservancy.org/ACAD.

Roby, D.D.; Brink, K.L. 1986. Decline of breeding Least Auklets on St. George Island, Alaska. Journal of Field Ornithology 57: 57-59.

Sheffield Guy, L.M.; Roby, D.D.; Gall, A.E.; Irons, D.B.; Rose, I.C. 2009. The influence of diet and ocean conditions on productivity of auklets on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Marine Ornithology 37: 227-236.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Least Auklet Aethia pusilla. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/least-auklet-aethia-pusilla on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.