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- Great_Auk abstract "The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus, a group of birds that formerly included one other species of flightless giant auk from the Atlantic Ocean region. It bred on rocky, isolated islands with easy access to the ocean and a plentiful food supply, a rarity in nature that provided only a few breeding sites for the auks. When not breeding, the auks spent their time foraging in the waters of the North Atlantic, ranging as far south as northern Spain and also around the coast of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Ireland, and Great Britain.The Great Auk was 75 to 85 centimetres (30 to 33 in) tall and weighed around 5 kilograms (11 lb), making it the largest member of the alcid family. It had a black back and a white belly. The black beak was heavy and hooked, with grooves on its surface. During summer, the Great Auk's plumage showed a white patch over each eye. During winter, the auk lost these patches, instead developing a white band stretching between the eyes. The wings were only 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long, rendering the bird flightless. Instead, the auk was a powerful swimmer, a trait that it used in hunting. Its favorite prey were fish, including Atlantic Menhaden and Capelin, and crustaceans. Although agile in the water, it was clumsy on land. Great Auk pairs mated for life. They nested in extremely dense and social colonies, laying one egg on bare rock. The egg was white with variable brown streaking. Both parents incubated the egg for about six weeks before the young hatched. The young auk left the nest site after two or three weeks although the parents continued to care for it.The Great Auk was an important part of many Native American cultures, both as a food source and as a symbolic item. Many Maritime Archaic people were buried with Great Auk bones, and one was buried covered in over 200 auk beaks, which are assumed to have been part of a cloak made of their skins. Early European explorers to the Americas used the auk as a convenient food source or as fishing bait, reducing its numbers. The bird's down was in high demand in Europe, a factor which largely eliminated the European populations by the mid-16th century. Scientists soon began to realize that the Great Auk was disappearing and it became the beneficiary of many early environmental laws, but this proved not to be enough. Its growing rarity increased interest from European museums and private collectors in obtaining skins and eggs of the bird. On 3 July 1844, the last two confirmed specimens were killed on Eldey, off the coast of Iceland, which also eliminated the last known breeding attempt. There are unconfirmed later reports of roaming individuals being seen or caught. A record of a bird in 1852 is considered by some to be the last sighting of the species. The Great Auk is mentioned in a number of novels and the scientific journal of the American Ornithologists' Union is named The Auk in honour of this bird.".
- Great_Auk binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus.
- Great_Auk class Bird.
- Great_Auk conservationStatus "EX".
- Great_Auk conservationStatusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Great_Auk family Auk.
- Great_Auk kingdom Animal.
- Great_Auk order Charadriiformes.
- Great_Auk phylum Chordate.
- Great_Auk thumbnail Great_Auk_(Pinguinis_impennis)_specimen,_Kelvingrove,_Glasgow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1108249.jpg?width=300.
- Great_Auk wikiPageExternalLink 0,9171,882308,00.html.
- Great_Auk wikiPageExternalLink detail?lang=uk&id=60.
- Great_Auk wikiPageExternalLink F44_G2a.html.
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- Great_Auk wikiPageID "12552".
- Great_Auk wikiPageRevisionID "602638287".
- Great_Auk binomial "Pinguinus impennis".
- Great_Auk classis Bird.
- Great_Auk extinct "1852".
- Great_Auk familia Auk.
- Great_Auk genus "Pinguinus".
- Great_Auk genusAuthority "Bonnaterre, 1791".
- Great_Auk hasPhotoCollection Great_Auk.
- Great_Auk imageAlt "A large, stuffed bird with a black back, white belly, heavy bill, and white eye patch stands, amongst display cases and an orange wall.".
- Great_Auk imageCaption "Specimen no. 8 and replica egg in Kelvingrove, Glasgow".
- Great_Auk imageWidth "250".
- Great_Auk name "Great Auk".
- Great_Auk ordo Charadriiformes.
- Great_Auk phylum Chordate.
- Great_Auk rangeMap "GreatAukMap.svg".
- Great_Auk rangeMapAlt "A map showing the range of the Great Auk, with the coasts of North America and Europe forming two boundaries, a line stretching from New England to northern Portugal the southern boundary, and the northern boundary wrapping around the southern shore of Greenland.".
- Great_Auk rangeMapCaption "Approximate range with known breeding sites indicated by yellow marks".
- Great_Auk rangeMapWidth "250".
- Great_Auk regnum "Animalia".
- Great_Auk species "P. impennis".
- Great_Auk status "EX".
- Great_Auk statusSystem "IUCN3.1".
- Great_Auk subject Category:Alcinae.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Animals_described_in_1758.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Atlantic_auks.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Bird_extinctions_since_1500.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Extinct_animals_of_the_United_States.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Extinct_birds_of_Atlantic_islands.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Extinct_birds_of_North_America.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Extinct_birds_of_the_Faroe_Islands.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Extinct_flightless_birds.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Prehistoric_birds_of_North_America.
- Great_Auk subject Category:Species_made_extinct_by_human_activities.
- Great_Auk type Animal.
- Great_Auk type Bird.
- Great_Auk type Eukaryote.
- Great_Auk type Species.
- Great_Auk type Animal.
- Great_Auk type BiologicalLivingObject.
- Great_Auk type Bird.
- Great_Auk type EukaryoticCell.
- Great_Auk type Organism.
- Great_Auk comment "The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus, a group of birds that formerly included one other species of flightless giant auk from the Atlantic Ocean region. It bred on rocky, isolated islands with easy access to the ocean and a plentiful food supply, a rarity in nature that provided only a few breeding sites for the auks.".
- Great_Auk label "Great Auk".
- Great_Auk sameAs dduK5.
- Great_Auk sameAs m.0398c.
- Great_Auk wasDerivedFrom Great_Auk?oldid=602638287.
- Great_Auk depiction Great_Auk_(Pinguinis_impennis)_specimen,_Kelvingrove,_Glasgow_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1108249.jpg.
- Great_Auk depiction Kelvingrove_Art_Gallery_and_Museum.
- Great_Auk isPrimaryTopicOf Great_Auk.
- Great_Auk name "Great Auk".