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Taxon: Subfamily Alcinae Vigors - auks, murres, puffins (bird)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Charadriiformes - (Family) Alcidae

Subsequent entries

Alca (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 214.

Alternative positions

Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825 Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 115.

Historical positions

Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825 Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 115.
Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 214.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 10g;23s;30ss; ‡1g;1s; †2g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 26 May 2015 [10g;23s;30ss; ‡1g; †2g]
1993 B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley: 115 12[11]g;23[22]s; ‡[1g;1s]
1967 P. Brodkorb [; †2g]
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