Alcidae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

<i>Synopsis contents Brit. Mus.</i> (ed. 17): 68

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Aves

order

Charadriiformes

family

Alcidae

Name

Synonyms

Alicidae

Homonyms

Alcidae

Common names

Auks in English

Auks in English

Guillemots in English

Murrelets in English

Murres in English

Puffins in English

alken in Dutch

auk in English

auks in English

guillemots in French

alkefamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian

alkefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål

alken in Dutch

alkor in Swedish

auks in English

ウミスズメ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
4. Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.
5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1081 Addition of Family-group Names based on Alca (Aves) and Alces (Mammalia) to the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 34, 25-26 (1977)
6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
7. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376