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Wings of the World - Arctic Sea Cliffs Exhibit

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Kudu21
I do believe there are the following:

Whiskered Auklet
Pigeon Guillemot
Least Auklet
Horned Puffin
Crested Auklet
Common Murre
Spectacled Eider
Harlequin Duck
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser

Possibly a few more, but I think that's it. Also, this picture only shows about half of the exhibit.
 
Dibatag
WOW! You don't see those alcids very much. Do you know if auklets are breeding?
 
Kudu21
Yes, the Crested Auklets are breeding. I don't know exactly how often though.

According to ISIS the zoo currently houses:

Crested Auklet ~ 8.10.1
Least Auklet ~ 4.4
Whiskered Auklet ~ 1.6

I also have edited my first post with a species I forgot, the Red-breasted Merganser.
 
Maguari
That's a very impressive alcid lineup - of that list only two of the auk species (Pigeon and Common Guillemots - we don't call them murres!) can be seen in UK zoos.
 
Maguari
Ituri said:
Well aren't you just the seabird snob. :cool:
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Always! :cool:



'We' means 'the British', in this case!

I just didn't put 'murre' because to me it's a guillemot. Then I thought it might cause confusion as I was using a different name so I explained. ;)
 
Moebelle
only spectacled eider, horned puffin, smew and maybe something else are in this exhibit
 
Moebelle
Kudu21 said:
I do believe there are the following:

Whiskered Auklet
Pigeon Guillemot
Least Auklet
Horned Puffin
Crested Auklet
Common Murre
Spectacled Eider
Harlequin Duck
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser

Possibly a few more, but I think that's it. Also, this picture only shows about half of the exhibit.
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it only contains
Horned Puffin
Harlequin duck
Spectacled Eider
Common Murre
and Pigeon Guillemot

and the Other exhibit is called Arctic Islands, which contains the rest of the birds on the list including the Harlequin duck
 
Kudu21
I realize, but at the time I couldn't remember which species were in which exhibit so I listed them all. I meant to go back and specify, but I never did :p
 

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