Pinguinus Search Results

based on a 2004 genetic study: Pinguinus alfrednewtoni was a larger, and also flightless, member of the genus Pinguinus that lived during the Early Pliocene...

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Pinguinus alfrednewtoni

to be identified as a species of Pinguinus. However, there are enough differences to clearly separate it from Pinguinus impennis. Notably, the ulna isn't...

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Penguin (section Pinguinus)

Since 1871, the Latin word Pinguinus has been used in scientific classification to name the genus of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis, meaning "plump or...

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Auk

guillemot, Uria lomvia Alle Little auk or dovekie, Alle alle Pinguinus Great auk, Pinguinus impennis (extinct, c.1844) Alca Razorbill, Alca torda Tribe...

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Razorbill

the auks. It is the closest living relative of the extinct great auk (Pinguinus impennis). Historically, it has also been known as "auk", "razor-billed...

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Puffin

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Hunting

Montevecchi, William A.; David A. Kirk (1996). "Demography–Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis)". The Birds of North America Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology...

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List of African animals extinct in the Holocene

Amani, F., Nespoulet, R., & Mohammed, A. E. H. (2010). 22 "A great auk (Pinguinus impennis) in North Africa: discovery of". In Birds in Archaeology: Proceedings...

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Avocet

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Flightless bird

Atitlán grebe, Podilymbus gigas † (reportedly flightless) Great auk, Pinguinus impennis † Emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri King penguin, Aptenodytes...

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Curlew

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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St Kilda, Scotland

established colonies elsewhere, such as Fowlsheugh. The last great auk (Pinguinus impennis) seen in Britain was killed on Stac an Armin in July 1840. Unusual...

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Buttonquail

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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The Song of the Stormy Petrel

alternatively, the penguin might refer to the extinct great auk (genus Pinguinus) once known commonly as "penguins". The Song was translated into many...

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Kittiwake

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Skua

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Egyptian plover

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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List of extinct bird species since 1500

(South and Stewart Islands, New Zealand, 1964) Alcidae – auks Great auk, Pinguinus impennis (North Atlantic region, 1852) Rails and allies - probably paraphyletic...

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Southern lapwing

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Woodcock

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Little auk

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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List of European species extinct in the Holocene

Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. BirdLife International (2016). "Pinguinus impennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694856A93472944...

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Oystercatcher

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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List of largest birds

76 m (2.5 ft). However, until its extinction, the flightless great auk (Pinguinus impennis) of the North Atlantic was both the largest alcid and the second-largest...

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List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene

T22693170A178901365.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. BirdLife International (2016). "Pinguinus impennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22694856A93472944...

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Caspian tern

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Sabine's gull

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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List of birds of Great Britain

(Alca torda) A – breeding summer visitor and resident species Great auk (Pinguinus impennis) B – extinct Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) A – resident localised...

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Sheathbill

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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Plains-wanderer

Alcini Alca Alle †Pinguinus Uria Synthliboramphini Synthliboramphus Cepphini Cepphus Brachyramphini Brachyramphus...

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