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Dovekie, “Little Auk”

Dovekie
  • Scientific Name: Alle alle
  • Population: Approximately 24 to 50 million
  • Trend:  Unknown, may be decreasing
  • Habitat: Breeds on rocky coastlines and islands; spends the rest the year at sea, often at the edges of pack ice.
Dovekie by Nick Pecker, Shutterstock
Dovekie
Dovekie on water. Photo by Lucas Liu, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Dovekie on water
Dovekie in winter plumage. Photo by Lillian Tveit, Shutterstock.
Dovekie in winter plumage
Dovekie egg hatching. Photo by Maximillian Cabinet, Shutterstock.
Dovekie egg hatching

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