Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis)

Posted on 31 December, 1852 in Extinct • Tagged with North Atlantic, family-ALCIDAE, extinct-1850s

Year Last Seen:

1852

Comments:

This species was formerly distributed across the north Atlantic, but is now Extinct as a result of hunting pressure. The last live bird was seen in 1852.

Habitat:

Historically, birds bred only on remote, rocky islands, probably due to early extirpation in more accessible sites …


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