Dovekie Alle alle Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Subspecies (2)
William A. Montevecchi and Iain J. Stenhouse
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Pollu marñn |
| Basque | Pottorro txikia |
| Bulgarian | Малка гагарка |
| Catalan | gavotí atlàntic |
| Croatian | mala njorka |
| Czech | alkoun malý |
| Danish | Søkonge |
| Dutch | Kleine Alk |
| English | Dovekie |
| English (UK) | Little Auk |
| English (United States) | Dovekie |
| Faroese | Fulkubbi |
| Finnish | pikkuruokki |
| French | Mergule nain |
| French (France) | Mergule nain |
| Galician | Araíño atlántico |
| German | Krabbentaucher |
| Greek | Νανόκεπφος |
| Hebrew | אלקה גמדית |
| Hungarian | Alkabukó |
| Icelandic | Haftyrðill |
| Italian | Gazza marina minore |
| Japanese | ヒメウミスズメ |
| Korean | 작은바다쇠오리 |
| Latvian | Mazais alks |
| Lithuanian | Mažoji alka |
| Norwegian | alkekonge |
| Polish | alczyk |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Torda-miúda |
| Romanian | Alcă mică |
| Russian | Люрик |
| Serbian | Mala njorka |
| Slovak | alkovec drobný |
| Slovenian | Rakovičar |
| Spanish | Mérgulo Atlántico |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pingüinito |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mérgulo atlántico |
| Swedish | alkekung |
| Turkish | Küçük Alk |
| Ukrainian | Люрик |
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Alca Alle
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.131.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ocean of Arctic Europe and America; restricted type locality, Scotland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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