Great auk
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The great auk, also known as the penguin or garefowl, is an extinct species of flightless alcid that first appeared around 400,000 years ago and was driven to extinction by human exploitation in the m
Great Auk specimen, Kelvingrove, Glasgow geograph.org.uk 1108249
The "Great Auk, Northern Penguin, or Gair-Fowl", wood engraving by Thomas Bewick in A History of British Birds, 1804
Summer (standing) and winter (swimming) plumage, by John Gerrard Keulemans
Paintings showing variation in egg markings, as well as seasonal and ontogenic differences in plumage
Auk
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Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. The family contains 25 extant or recentl
Great auk
…The great auk (Pinguinus impennis), also known as the penguin or garefowl, is an extinct species of flightless alcid that first appeared around 400,000 years ago and was driven to extinction by human exploitation in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species…
Parakeetauklets 2
Auks as painted by Archibald Thorburn
Razorbills are auks found in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)