Great Auk

Pinguinus impennis

Extinct in the Wild

The Great Auk was a large, flightless seabird of the North Atlantic, sometimes called the original "penguin." It was hunted to extinction in the mid-1800s and survives today only in museum specimens.

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Quick facts

Conservation status
Extinct in the Wild
Habitat
Ocean
Region
Europe
Scientific name
Pinguinus impennis

Real rarity, real conservation

This species is classified as Extinct in the Wild. It survives only in captivity and reintroduction programmes.

Rarity in Birdey follows the IUCN Red List, the real-world conservation status of each species. The more threatened a bird is in the wild, the rarer its card is in the game.

More birds from the same habitat

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