Burung laut (Seabirds)
Crested Auklet
Aethia cristatella
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Smells distinctly of tangerine, a scent used in courtship. The only bird known to wear citrus cologne.
- Populasi
- Roughly 8.2 million individuals globally, stable.
- Habitat
- Rocky sea cliffs, boulder fields, talus slopes, and lava flows with crevices on remote islands, foraging over nearshore and offshore waters of the North Pacific and Bering Sea
- Fakta menarik
- Crested auklets produce a distinctive tangerine-like citrus scent from feathers between their shoulder blades, a rare case of both sexes using scent alongside plumage and calls in mutual courtship (the "ruff-sniff" display).
- Sebaran
- North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea; breeds on islands of the Aleutians, Bering Sea (e.g., St. Lawrence, St. Paul), Chukotka, Kamchatka, and the Kuril and Commander Islands; winters south to the Sea of Okhotsk, Gulf of Alaska, and northern Japan
- Makanan
- Planktivorous — mainly euphausiids (krill), copepods, mysids, amphipods, and pteropods, with occasional small fish and squid
- Ukuran
- 0,23 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,42 m
- Masa hidup
- 8 tahun
