🐧Great Auk

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

大海雀（学名：Pinguinus impennis），又称大海燕，旧称企鸟，為了與生活在南半球的企鹅區分，有时又被称作北极大企鹅，是一种不会飞的鸟，曾广泛存在于大西洋周边的各个岛屿上，但由于人类的大量捕杀而在19世纪灭绝。大海雀是大海雀属唯一的现代物种。从前，大海雀属包括另外一种不会飞的巨型海雀，它们分布于大西洋地区。大海雀在多岩石孤岛繁殖。大海雀们能很容易地从这些孤岛到海洋并获取充足食物。但实际上，只有少数的大海雀能拥有这种稀少的繁殖地。繁殖期过后，大海雀在北大西洋中觅食。范围南至西班牙北部，北达加拿大、格陵兰岛、冰岛、法罗群岛、挪威、爱尔兰和英国。

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Conservation status

EXExtinct

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Key measurements

Body mass: not recorded
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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This animal is extinct

Assessed Extinct on the IUCN Red List, 2021. Everything on this page — the measurements, the photos, the videos — is a record of an animal that is gone.

Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Great Auk

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Standing height

0.7 mnot stated

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"Great auks stood 70 cm tall and weighed up to 5 kg." Other compilations state 75-85 cm, usually attributed to Livezey 1988 (Auk 105:681), which is paywalled and was not verifiable; the 70 cm ADW figure is the one directly checked.

Source: Dewey 2009, Animal Diversity Web account: Pinguinus impennis, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pinguinus_impennis/ · see citation

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