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On July 3, 1844, fishermen killed the last confirmed pair of great auks at Eldey Island, Iceland. Despite their superficial similarities, great auks like these were not closely related to penguins. Great auks were native to the Arctic and sub-Arctic, and became extinct in 1844.
the Great Auk's ecology are strongly influ- enced by what we know to be true of the ecol- ogy of the extant species of the family Alcidae. In the final section of the paper, I discuss the reasons for the extinction of the Great Auk, suggesting major environmental changes as an alternative, or at a least contributing factor, to
1 Νοε 2019 · Taken together, our data do not provide any evidence that great auks were at risk of extinction prior to the onset of intensive human hunting in the early 16th century.
1 Μαΐ 2018 · Extinct as a result of overhunting and habitat loss, the great auk, or garefowl, leads a hidden taxidermied existence in museum storerooms, sheltered from potential further degradation. As an...
Extinct, tv show, season 1, episode 4, "The Great Auk", originally aired 16 October 2001, see here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297556/episodes?ref_=tt_ep_epl https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2019/03/late-survival-of-lost-auk-garefowl.html
The great auk (Pinguinus impennis), also known as the penguin or garefowl, is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It is unrelated to the penguins of the Southern Hemisphere, which were named for their resemblance to this species.
Seabirds are the most threatened of any living group of birds, continuing a larger pattern of elevated Holocene bird extinctions on islands and coastlines. The Great Auk (Charadriiformes: Pinguinus impennis) was found on both coasts of the Atlantic during the Holocene until its last sighting on Iceland in 1844.
