It has a bright orange bill, a very short tail and webbed black feet. Males and female look the same. The crested auklet lives and breeds on islands and beaches off the coast of Alaska. It winters in the open ocean. Crested auklets nest on island coasts with lots of rocks and boulders.
Crested auklets eat plankton.
Aethia Female crested auklets usually lay just one egg in the boulders. The egg hatches in a little over a month. The auklet stores plankton in a pouch under its tongue to feed to the chick. The chick will fledge in just a little over a month. They nest in large colonies.