Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. [1] . The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera. Auks are found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. [1][2]

More than any other group of birds on Stellwagen, the alcids are built for a marine life. Powered along by strong chest muscles, alcids are swift fliers through the air and the water. With half opened wings, alcids can swim down to great depths to hunt fish, squid or large plankton.

Puffins are members of the Auk or Alcid family, along with other species. Razorbills (Alca torda) are rare visitors to Eastern Egg Rock but are common on some other islands where Project Puffin works, like Seal Island and Matinicus Rock. Common Murres (Uria aalge) are another type of Auk.

The meaning of ALCID is any of a family (Alcidae, the alcid family) of web-footed diving birds with short legs and wings that includes the auks, murres, and puffins.

Aug 10, 2014 · Alcids sport a variety of head plumes, bill ornaments, crests, and other colorful characteristics. They nest along coasts, some in large colonies on bare, rocky cliffs; some in burrows in the ground; and one, the Marbled Murrelet, high in old-growth trees. Alcids form a distinctive family within the shorebird order Charadriiformes.

Alcidae, bird family, order Charadriiformes, which includes the birds known as auk, auklet, dovekie, guillemot, murre, murrelet, and puffin (qq.v.). This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.

Alcids (or auks) fill a similar ecological niche in the northern hemisphere as penguins do in the southern hemisphere, except alcids can fly — and can fly long distances.

Feb 11, 2025 · Alcid Tablet is a combination of two antacids (Aluminium Hydroxide and Magnesium) and an antifoaming medicine (Simethicone). The antacids neutralise excess acid in stomach. The antifoaming medicine disintegrates gas bubbles and allows easy passage of gas.

Alcids live almost exclusively on the surface of colder ocean waters, with breeding on shorelines, seaside cliffs, islands, and (in a few species) coastal forests.

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