Alcidae
Translingual
editEtymology
editProper noun
editAlcidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Charadriiformes – auks, murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.
Hypernyms
edit- (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; Scolopaci - suborder
Hyponyms
editgenera
- 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
editAuk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alcidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Alcidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN