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The '''Auks''' are a group of [[charadriform]] birds in the family Alcidae. They are diving marine birds, usually with black and white plumage.
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{{Taxonomy
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The most well-known auks today include [[puffin]]s and [[murre]]s. However, the most well-known auk, the [[great auk]], died out in the 19th century due to overhunting.
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|kingdom= Animalia
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|phylum=Chordata
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|superclass=Tetrapoda
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|class=Aves
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|superorder=Passerimorphae 
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|order=Charadriiformes
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'''Auks''' are 25 species of marine diving birds of the family Alcidae, and found in the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
  
 
==Species==
 
==Species==
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*[[Razorbill]], ''Alca torda''
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Family Alcidae
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*[[Dovekie]], ''Alle alle''
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*'''Subfamily Alcinae'''
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*[[Atlantic Puffin]], ''Fratercula arctica''
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**'''Tribe Alcini'''; typical auks and murres
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*[[Common murre]], ''Uria aalge''
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***Genus ''Alca''
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****[[Razorbill]], ''Alca torda''
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***Genus ''Alle''
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****[[Little auk]], ''Alle alle''
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***Genus ''Pinguinus''
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****[[Great auk]], ''Pinguinus impennis'' (extinct)
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***Genus ''[[Uria]]''
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****[[Common murre]], ''Uria aalge''
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****[[Thick-billed murre]], ''Uria lomvia''
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**'''Tribe Brachyramphini'''; brachyramphine murrelets
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***Genus ''Brachyramphus''
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****[[Kittlitz's murrelet]],  ''Brachyramphus brevirostris''
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****[[Long-billed murrelet]] ''Brachyramphus perdix''
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****[[Marbled murrelet]],  ''Brachyramphus marmoratus''
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**'''Tribe Cepphini'''; true guillemots
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***Genus ''Cepphus''
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****[[Black guillemot]],  ''Cepphus grylle''
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****[[Pigeon guillemot]],  ''Cepphus columba''
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****[[Spectacled guillemot]],  ''Cepphus carbo''
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**'''Tribe Synthliboramphini'''; murrelets
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***Genus ''Synthliboramphus''
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****[[Ancient murrelet]], ''Synthliboramphus antiquus''
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****[[Craveri's murrelet]], ''Synthliboramphus craveri''
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****[[Guadalupe murrelet]], ''Synthliboramphus hypoleucus''
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****[[Japanese murrelet]], ''Synthliboramphus wumizusume''
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****[[Scripps's murrelet]], ''Synthliboramphus scrippsi''
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* '''Subfamily Fraterculinae'''
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** '''Tribe Aethiini''' – auklets
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***Genus ''[[Aethia]]''
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****[[Crested auklet]],  ''Aethia cristatella''
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****[[Least auklet]],  ''Aethia pusilla''
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****[[Parakeet auklet]],  ''Aethia psittacula''
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****[[Whiskered auklet]],  ''Aethia pygmaea''
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***Genus ''[[Ptychoramphus]]''
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****[[Cassin's auklet]],  ''Ptychoramphus aleuticus''
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**'''Tribe Fraterculini'''; puffins
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***Genus ''[[Cerorhinca]]''
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****[[Rhinoceros auklet]],  ''Cerorhinca monocerata''
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***Genus ''Fratercula''
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****[[Atlantic puffin]],  ''Fratercula arctica''
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****[[Horned puffin]],  ''Fratercula corniculata''
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****[[Tufted puffin]],  ''Fratercula cirrhata''
  
 
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[[Category: Auks]]

Revision as of 18:58, November 4, 2015

Auk
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Subkingdom Bilateria
Branch Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum Chordata
Sub-phylum Vertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass Tetrapoda
Class Aves
Sub-class Neornithes
Infra-class Neoaves
Order Information
Superorder Passerimorphae
Order Charadriiformes
Infraorder Charadriides
Family Information
Superfamily Laroidea
Family Alcidae
Population statistics

Auks are 25 species of marine diving birds of the family Alcidae, and found in the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.

Species

Family Alcidae

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