What is Little auk?
{{speciesbox | name = Little auk | image = AlleAlle 2.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22694837/0 |title=''Alle alle'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> | genus = Alle | parent_authority = [[Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link|Link]], 1806 | species = alle | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = Alle alle - distribution map.svg | range_map_caption = Little auk distribution map | synonyms = ''Alca alle'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}} }} The '''little auk''', or '''dovekie''' (''Alle alle''), is a small [[auk]], the [[monotypic|only member]] of the [[genus]], ''Alle''. It breeds on [[islands]] in the high [[Arctic]]. There are two [[subspecies]]: ''A. a. alle'' breeds in [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], [[Novaya Zemlya]] and [[Spitsbergen]], and ''A. a. polaris'' on [[Franz Josef Land]]. [[File:Zwemmende en duikende kleine alk-4961715.webm|thumb]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Charadriiformes]] [[Category:Birds of Europe]] [[Category:Birds of North America]] {{biology-stub}}