| Similar declines have been noted for other planktivorous species of alcids in the North Pacific, and for Cassin's Auklets in British Columbia. |
| However, several unusual attributes of crested auklets, Aethia cristatella, warranted further investigation. |
| Crested Auklets have short stubby bodies with relatively long slender wings. |
| Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge, breeding grounds for thousands of sea birds such as puffins, auklets and murres. |
| Of course, this magical land would be home to armies of auklets. |
| Crested and whiskered auklets nest in hollows on rocky islands in the remote northern Pacific Ocean. |
