Franz Josef Land Little Auk
Alle alle polaris Stenhouse, 1930 (, 2)
Photo © By Sir Iain - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47454636
Sub-species
STATUS
Franz Josef Land (Russia) to St. Lawrence Island (Alaska).
OVERVIEW
Biometric data was taken of the museum specimen and its wing-length especially fell within the range of this race.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 1956 Shetland Lerwick, Mainland, adult female, 19th January, now at Bolton Museum (Acc. no. INV:19160).
(A. Hazelwood & E. Gorton, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 76: 107; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 439; BOURC (2018) Ibis 160: 941; C. J. McInerny & R. Y. McGowan, Scottish Birds 38: 297-303; R. W. Forrester, Scottish Birds 40: 212; BOURC (2019), Ibis 162: 264).
2). 1990 North-east Scotland Between Blackwater and Rattray Head, 2CY+, found dead, 29th April.
(W. R. P. Bourne, Scottish Birds 5: 105; BOURC (1991), Ibis 133: 439; C. J. McInerny & R. Y. McGowan, Scottish Birds 38: 297-303; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 587).
