Alcidae

Translingual

The razorbill, Alca torda

Etymology

From Alca +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Alcidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – the auks, murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Alcae - suborder

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)

References

• Auk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alcidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alcidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN