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[[Image:Dovekie.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />Location: near Wellfleet, [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]]]]
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'''Alternative name: Little Auk'''
 
'''Alternative name: Little Auk'''
 
;[[:Category:Alle|Alle]] alle
 
;[[:Category:Alle|Alle]] alle
[[Image:Dovekie.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />Location: near Wellfleet, [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]]]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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19-21cm.
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*Black upperparts
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*Black head, neck and wings
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*Lower face and foreneck become white in winter
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*White below
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*Small round black tail
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*Short bill
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Arctic]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are 2 subspecies.
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'' A. a. alle'' - [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], [[Novaya Zemlya]] and [[Spitsbergen]].
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''A. a. polaris'' - [[Franz Josef Land]].
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Open sea and coastal mountainsides for breeding.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes crustaceans, small invertebrates and fish.
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They live large colonies, nesting in crevices or beneath large rocks; 1 egg is laid.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
 
<flashmp3>Alle alle (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
<flashmp3>Alle alle (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
''[[Media:Alle alle (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
 
''[[Media:Alle alle (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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==References==
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Wikipedia
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Alle_alle}}
 
{{GSearch|Alle_alle}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Alle]][[Category:Bird Songs]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Alle]][[Category:Bird Songs]]

Revision as of 13:59, 23 March 2009

Photo by Glen Tepke
Location: near Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA

Alternative name: Little Auk

Alle alle

Identification

19-21cm.

  • Black upperparts
  • Black head, neck and wings
  • Lower face and foreneck become white in winter
  • White below
  • Small round black tail
  • Short bill

Distribution

Arctic.

Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies.

A. a. alle - Greenland, Iceland, Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen.

A. a. polaris - Franz Josef Land.

Habitat

Open sea and coastal mountainsides for breeding.

Behaviour

The diet includes crustaceans, small invertebrates and fish.

They live large colonies, nesting in crevices or beneath large rocks; 1 egg is laid.

Vocalisation

<flashmp3>Alle alle (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

References

Wikipedia

External Links

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