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|subclass=Neornithes
|subclass=Neornithes
|infraclass=Neoaves
|infraclass=Neoaves
|superorder=Passerimorphae
|superorder=Charadriimorphae
|order=Charadriiformes
|order=Charadriiformes
|suborder=
|suborder=Lari
|infraorder=Charadriides
|infraorder=Alcides
|superfamily=Laroidea
|superfamily=
|family=Alcidae
|family=Alcidae
|subfamily=Alcinae
|subfamily=Alcinae
|binomialname=
|binomialname=
|sub=
|sub=
|syn=''Alca impennis''
|alt=
|alt=
|regionimg=
|regionimg=
|conservation=Extinct
|conservation=Extinct
}}
}}
The '''great auk''', ''Pinguinus impennis'', was a species of flightless seabird native to the North Atlantic, becoming extinct by 1844 due to over-hunting.
The '''great auk''' (''Pinguinus impennis'') was a flightless seabird native to the North Atlantic, the largest species of the family Alcidae. It became extinct by 1844 due to over-hunting.
==Entymology==
==Entymology==