Auk

Auks; Temporal range: Late Eocene – recent
	Parakeet auklets (Aethia psittacula)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Suborder:	Lari
Family:	Alcidae; Leach, 1820
Type species
	Alca torda; Linnaeus, 1758
Subfamilies
	Alcinae Leach, 1820; Fraterculinae Strauch, 1985;

An auk or alcid is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes.^[1] The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera.^[1]^[2]

Apart from the extinct great auk, all auks can fly, and are excellent swimmers and divers (appearing to "fly" in water), but their walking appears clumsy.

^ ^a ^b Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C. S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G. S.; Dewey, T. A. (2022). "Alcidae". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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[ADW-1] Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C. S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G. S.; Dewey, T. A. (2022). "Alcidae". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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Auks Temporal range: Late Eocene – recent

Parakeet auklets (Aethia psittacula)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Suborder:	Lari
Family:	Alcidae Leach, 1820
Type species
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758
Subfamilies
Alcinae Leach, 1820 Fraterculinae Strauch, 1985

Auk

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