| In the interim, the auklet egg was left in a carton buried in the sand to keep it safe and cool. |
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| Alcidae, bird family, order Charadriiformes, which includes the birds known as auk, auklet, dovekie, guillemot, murre, murrelet, and puffin. |
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| A related species, the whiskered auklet, has a similar tangerine-like plumage odor, and other sea birds such as shearwaters and storm petrels have distinct musky odors. |
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| Many shorebirds and seabirds are found here, including rhinoceros auklet, Brandt's cormorants, and all manner of gulls, puffins, petrels, murres, and more. |
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| But the alcidine family of birds, such as the rhinoceros auklet, that inhabit in rocks, are difficult to find. |
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| As in the wild, The Aquarium's new auklet will be fed a diet of sand lances and krill by its attentive parents. |
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| Some species such as the Atlantic puffin, rhinoceros auklet, and fairy tern are able to carry several fish crosswise in the bill while capturing still more. |
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| In experimental studies on the crested auklet, a sea bird that has a forward-curving tuft on its head, researchers have found that both males and females show a preference for life-size bird models with more prominent crests. |
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| Fortunately, many of the small wooded islands with auklet colonies are secure, because they are inhospitable to visitors and offer neither drinking water nor campsites. |
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| The puffins and the rhinoceros auklet are closely related, together composing the subfamily Fraterculini. |
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| Cassin's Auklet is one of the most widespread alcids in the northern Pacific. |
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| Closely related to the Tufted Puffin, the Rhinoceros Auklet is a large alcid with a wedge-shaped head. |
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| Crested Auklet populations are declining due to predation at nesting sites by introduced predators such as Arctic foxes, red foxes, and rats. |
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| Gull predation on Cassin's Auklet varies with the lunar cycle. |
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