Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Alcoidea > Family Alcidae > Genus Pinguinus

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pinguinus*	Bonnaterre, 1790	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alca impennis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).