Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Alcidae > Genus Fratercula

Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Alca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Fratercula*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alca arctica*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): lunde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: lunde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: papegaaiduiker sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: Atlantic puffin; puffin; southern puffin sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

English-United States: Atlantic Puffin; Puffin sources: Charles Hussey

French: macareux moine sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Gaelic: puifín sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Puifín

German: Papageitaucher sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Φρατέρκουλα της Αρκτικής sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Icelandic: lundi sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

Irish: Puifín sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Lithuanian: mormonas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: lunde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: lunde sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130

Norwegian Nynorsk: lunde sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130

Nynorsk (Norwegian): lunde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: maskonur sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: атлантический тупик sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: puifín sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: mormon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: frailecillo atlántico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lunnefågel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: bayağı deniz papağanı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Атлантичний тупик; Тупик атлантичний sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: pal

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Taxon found in 1256 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (889 publications)
GenBank (65 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137131

Drs Cees Roselaar. Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96991