Alcidae

Translingual

The razorbill, Alca torda

Etymology

From Alca +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Alcidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – the auks.

Hyponyms

genera

• Aethia (some auklets)
• Alca (razorbill)
• Alle (little auk)
• Brachyramphus (some murrelets)

• Cepphus (true guillemots)
• Cerorhinca (rhinoceros auklet)
• Fratercula (puffins)
• †Pinguinus (great auk) (extinct)

• Ptychoramphus (some auklets)
• Synthliboramphus (some murrelets)
• Uria (some guillemots)

Further reading

• Auk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alcidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alcidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276