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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