| LC control no. | sh 85056597 |
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| LC classification | QL696.C42 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Great auk |
| Variant(s) | Alca impennis Gairfowl Garefowl Garfowl Pinguinus impennis |
| See also | Auks Pinguinus |
| Found in | Handbook of birds of the world, 1992: v. 3, p. 679 (extinct Great auk (Pinguinus impennis), the only recent flightless alcid; shared class affinities with the Razorbill so strong that it is sometimes included with the genus Alca.) Sibley, C.G. Dist. & taxon. of birds of the world, 1990: p. 264 (Pinguinus impennis, Greak auk (last specimen 1844)) Bird families of the world, 1978: p. 113 (Garefowl or Great auk, Alca impennis, the large flightless species which became extinct in the 1840s) |
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