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Great Auk Pinguinus impennis Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
William A. Montevecchi and David Anthony Kirk
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1996
Text last updated January 1, 1996
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Гигантска гагарка |
| Catalan | gavot gegant |
| Croatian | velika njorka |
| Czech | alka velká |
| Danish | Gejrfugl |
| Dutch | Reuzenalk |
| English | Great Auk |
| English (United States) | Great Auk |
| Estonian | hiidalk |
| Faroese | Gorfuglur |
| Finnish | siivetönruokki |
| French | Grand Pingouin |
| French (Canada) | Grand Pingouin |
| German | Riesenalk |
| Icelandic | Geirfugl |
| Japanese | オオウミガラス |
| Norwegian | geirfugl |
| Polish | alka olbrzymia |
| Russian | Бескрылая гагарка |
| Serbian | Velika njorka (izumrla) |
| Slovak | alka veľká |
| Slovenian | Orjaška njorka |
| Spanish | Alca Gigante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alca gigante |
| Swedish | garfågel |
| Turkish | Büyük Alk |
| Ukrainian | Гагарка велика |
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Alca impennis
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.130.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Arctic Europe.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PINGUINUS
- impennis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Figure 1. Locations of known historical Great Auk breeding colonies in the northwest Atlantic.
Within this area, Great Auks also bred at other sites for which there is (as yet) no conclusive documentation. Outside the breeding season, Great Auks were concentrated on the Grand Banks and ranged from southern Greenland to the New England coast, in low Arctic and boreal ocean waters.
