The Little Auk


Little Auk is a bird drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Little Auk

BIRD OF THE DAY


The Little Auk (Alle alle) is breeding in the northern holarctic region.  The Little Auk  winters in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean and it's coast down to the North Sea and Skagerrak.

The bird lives in large colonies on rocky coasts in open ice-free oceans. It builds its nest in rock crevices and under large rocks.

The main diet is small crustaceans and plankton caught close to land.