- Auks or
alcids are a
group of
birds of the
family Alcidae in the
order Charadriiformes. The
alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins...
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Miomancalla is an
extinct genus of
prehistoric flightless alcids that
lived on the
Pacific coast of today's
California in the
Miocene epoch. It contained...
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Jordi Figuerola. 2000. ****ual Size
Dimorphism In S****birds, Gulls, And
Alcids: The
Influence Of ****ual And
Natural Selection. 54(4): 1404-413. [1] Lindenfors...
- ocean's surface.: 32 This
alcid typically fed in
shoaling waters that were
shallower than
those frequented by
other alcids,
although after the breeding...
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Puffins are any of
three species of
small alcids (auks) in the bird
genus Fratercula.
These are
pelagic seabirds that feed
primarily by
diving in the water...
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demonstrated through the
motion of
alcids as it p****es
through different mediums (air to water). The ****essment of
alcids determined the
peculiarity of being...
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Mancalla is an
extinct genus of
prehistoric flightless alcids that
lived on the
Pacific coast of today's
California and
Mexico during the Late Miocene...
- to the
other alcids of the
Yorktown Formation, P.
alfrednewtoni was much scarcer, with only
around 20
specimens among thousands of
alcids.
Olson offers...
- tail
feathers are
slightly longer in the
center in
comparison to
other alcids. This
makes the
razorbill have a
distinctly long tail
which is not common...
- and the plumage, beak, and legs lose much of
their luster. As
among other alcids, the
wings are
relatively short,
adapted for diving,
underwater swimming...
