All Species
24 Species in Family Alcidae
Nominal species list for Alcidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) Thick-billed murre
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763) Common murre
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Temminck, 1836) Japanese murrelet
Synthliboramphus scrippsi Green & Arnold, 1939 Scripp's murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus (Xantus de Vesey, 1860) Xantus' murrelet
Synthliboramphus craveri (Salvadori, 1865) Craveri's murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Gmelin, 1789) Ancient murrelet
Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas, 1811) Cassin's auklet
Fratercula corniculata (Naumann, 1821) Horned puffin
Fratercula cirrhata (Pallas, 1769) Tufted puffin
Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic puffin
Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas, 1811) Rhinoceros auklet
Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758) Black guillemot
Cepphus columba Pallas, 1811 Pigeon guillemot
Cepphus carbo Pallas, 1811 Spectacled guillemot
Brachyramphus perdix (Pallas, 1811) Long-billed murrelet
Brachyramphus brevirostris (Vigors, 1829) Kittlitz's murrelet
Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmelin, 1789) Marbled murrelet
Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) Dovekie
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 Razorbill
Aethia pygmaea (Gmelin, 1789) Whiskered auklet
Aethia pusilla (Pallas, 1811) Least auklet
Aethia psittacula (Pallas, 1769) Parakeet auklet
Aethia cristatella (Pallas, 1769) Crested auklet
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