Great Auk

Great auk Temporal range: Neogene – Late Holocene PreЄ Є Є O O S S D D C C P P T T J J K K Pg Pg N N
Specimen No. 8 and replica egg in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Conservation status
Extinct  (1852) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Order:	Charadriiformes
Suborder:	Lari
Family:	Alcidae
Genus:	†Pinguinus Bonnaterre, 1791
Species:	†P. impennis
Binomial name
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Approximate range (in blue) with known breeding sites indicated by yellow marks
Synonyms
List Alca impennis Linnaeus, 1758 Plautus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) Brünnich, 1772 Pingouin impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) Buffon, 1817 Alca borealis Forster, 1817 Chenalopex impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) Vieillot, 1818 Alca major Boie, 1822 Mataeoptera impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) Gloger, 1842

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This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Charadriiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each charadriiform, including made-up species. File:Crested Auklet.png This article is part of Project Alcidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each auk, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera. This article is part of Project Monotypic Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each monotypic genera, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Extinct, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each extinct species, including made-up species.