Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Alcidae
An auk or alcid is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Murres
genusUria
True Guillemots
genusCepphus
Puffins
genusFratercula
Razorbills
genusAlca
Rhinoceros Auklets
genusCerorhinca
Brachyramphus Murrelets
genusBrachyramphus
Synthliboramphus Murrelets
genusSynthliboramphus
Dovekies
genusAlle
Cassin's Auklets
genusPtychoramphus
Typical Auklets
genusAethia
Great Auk and Allies
genusPinguinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71295.