Great Auk
Pinguinus impennis - Grand Pingouin
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Alcidés
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Genus:
Pinguinus
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Species:
impennis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: -
Geographic range
Identification
Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of bird in the Alcidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Grand Pingouin,
- Alca gigante,
- torda-grande,
- Riesenalk,
- óriásalka,
- Reuzenalk,
- Alca impenne,
- garfågel,
- Geirfugl,
- alka veľká,
- alka velká,
- Gejrfugl,
- siivetönruokki,
- alca gegant,
- Geirfugl,
- alka olbrzymia,
- milzu alks,
- orjaška njorka,
- Бескрылая гагарка,
- オオウミガラス,
- 大海雀,
- garfågel,
- 大海雀1844滅絕,
Habitat
Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes