Little Auk                          Welcome to Zonein's Animals of the Arctic information files.
Common name: Little Auk

Scientific name: Alle alle

Location: Greenland and Iceland

Size: lengths up to 21cm, weight

Life Span: 16 years

Current Status: endangered in some areas of its range

Habitat: coastal areas

Fast facts:
---Diet: fish and crustaceans
---predators are mainly the Glaucous Gull and Arctic Fox
---when nesting lay just one egg

 

 

Little Auk
Little auk, Alle alle, Svalbard 2002,
Photo by Michael Haferkamp