| Demographic history appears to have been stable for the auklets throughout the past several million years, and a founder effect associated with their speciation is unlikely. |
| That fits nicely with Hagelin's observations that courting auklets poke their beaks into the ruffs around each other's necks. |
| However, several unusual attributes of crested auklets, Aethia cristatella, warranted further investigation. |
| 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. |
| Similar declines have been noted for other planktivorous species of alcids in the North Pacific, and for Cassin's Auklets in British Columbia. |
