| That fits nicely with Hagelin's observations that courting auklets poke their beaks into the ruffs around each other's necks. |
| Similar declines have been noted for other planktivorous species of alcids in the North Pacific, and for Cassin's Auklets in British Columbia. |
| Crested Auklets have short stubby bodies with relatively long slender wings. |
| The removal of these predators has benefitted many other bird species on the islands, including puffins, murres, and auklets. |
| 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. |
| However, several unusual attributes of crested auklets, Aethia cristatella, warranted further investigation. |
