: any of several small seabirds (especially genera Aethia and Ptychorhamphus) of the alcid family that occur along North Pacific coasts
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Carcasses of least auklets and crested auklets, which are known for their noisy nesting colonies in rocky areas, have been found in rat-food caches on Kiska Island, one of the four islands, where rat footprints have been spotted on the wet, sandy shoreline.
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Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Interest in the subject has accelerated because of die-offs of some of the puffin’s auk family relatives, such as common murres and Cassin’s auklets off the West Coast.
—Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
There are four species of puffin: the Atlantic, the horned, the tufted and the rhinoceros auklet.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
The crested auklet looks like a smiling clown that never blinks.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2021
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Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
Interest in the subject has accelerated because of die-offs of some of the puffin’s auk family relatives, such as common murres and Cassin’s auklets off the West Coast.
—Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
There are four species of puffin: the Atlantic, the horned, the tufted and the rhinoceros auklet.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
The crested auklet looks like a smiling clown that never blinks.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2021
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“Auklet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auklet. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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