Alcidae
Translingual
The razorbill, Alca torda
Etymology
Proper noun
Alcidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – the auks.
Hyponyms
genera
- Aethia (some auklets)
- Alca (razorbill)
- Alle (little auk)
- Brachyramphus (some murrelets)
- Cepphus (true guillemots)
- Cerorhinca (rhinoceros auklet)
- Fratercula (puffins)
- †Pinguinus (great auk) (extinct)
- Ptychoramphus (some auklets)
- Synthliboramphus (some murrelets)
- Uria (some guillemots)
References
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- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
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