First Record of the Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) from Labrador

Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) Science Article 2

abstract

Recent archeological investigations undertaken by Bryan Mawr College and the Smithsonian institution along the Torngat Mountain coastline of northernmost Labrador have produced the first documented evidence of the extinct Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, from the Labrador Peninsula.

RICHARD H. JORDAN AND STORRS L. OLSON, Auk, Vol. 99

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