The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightlessalcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genusPinguinus.
The Great Auk was the original "penguin" -- a massive, flightless, black-and-white Atlantic alcid. It was hunted to extinction by the middle of the 19th century. It had a rapid, wing-propelled underwater flight.[5]
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