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Blue Auklet

Is there any evidence Blue Auklet exists? I did little googling and find it only on similar lists which most likely are copied from this list. There are no pictures of it. And if it is a fossil species why call it "blue"? Is this somebody's personal joke?

Ciconiiformes

I've seen some references put the Great Auk in the Laridae family of the Ciconiiformes. Any thoughts? - UtherSRG 15:43, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

see Talk:Great Auk jimfbleak 17:35, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

line removed

Most species breed at steep cliffs, often together with gulls, petrels and gannets, or amongst boulders. I took this out because it seems to emphasise the cliff breeders. Some do nest on cliffs, but many more nest in other areas, boulder fields, burrows, even mountain tops and trees! I have expanded a similar line two paragraphs down which says as much. Sabine's Sunbird 00:44, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Missing species?

Is the list missing Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Cassin's auklet? I would ad it, but I'm not aware of it's taxonomic position. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.193.87.235 (talk) 15:28, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

'razorbill is the only true auk in the atlantic'

I removed this line from the photo caption because it is false. 'True Auks' means Alcini which includes murres, which live in the Atlantic. Many other auk outside alcini live in the Atlantic, the previous caption will only confuse people. No one defines 'true auks' as 'birds in alcini that arent murres' because that is nonsensical. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.128.19 (talk) 17:46, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]