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

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Alca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pinguinus*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alca impennis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Dutch: reuzenalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: great auk sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Great Auk sources: Charles Hussey

French: grand pingouin sources: Avibase - the world bird database

German: Riesenalk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μεγάλη άλκα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Russian: бескрылая гагарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Turkish: büyük dalıcımartı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Безкрила гагарка; Гагарка безкрила

Literature

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	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
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	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Pinguinus impennis (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:137132

Drs Cees Roselaar. Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96977