Credit: USFWS
North American field guide
Crested Auklet
Aethia cristatella
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27 cm (10") Common in southwest Alaska. Only this bird and whiskered Auklet has a quail-like crest. May have one narrow white facial plume behind the eye. Similar Whiskered Auklet has three facial white plumes.
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Credit: Don Henise
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Credit: JH1RNZCrested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) in Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia
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