Family
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Alcidae
25 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Charadriiformes
Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are classified into 11 genera.
Species in this family
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula
- Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
- Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
- Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Great Auk Pinguinus impennis
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
- Guadalupe Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
- Scripps's Murrelet Synthliboramphus scrippsi
- Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume
- Common Guillemot Uria aalge
- Brünnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia
Lookalikes compared
- Ancient Murrelet vs Japanese Murrelet
- Ancient Murrelet vs Scripps's Murrelet
- Atlantic Puffin vs Little Auk
- Black Guillemot vs Brünnich's Guillemot
- Brünnich's Guillemot vs Common Guillemot
- Brünnich's Guillemot vs Japanese Murrelet
- Brünnich's Guillemot vs Scripps's Murrelet
- Cassin's Auklet vs Kittlitz's Murrelet
- Crested Auklet vs Japanese Murrelet
- Crested Auklet vs Kittlitz's Murrelet
- Crested Auklet vs Parakeet Auklet
- Least Auklet vs Crested Auklet
- Little Auk vs Ancient Murrelet
- Long-billed Murrelet vs Black Guillemot
- Long-billed Murrelet vs Common Guillemot
- Long-billed Murrelet vs Spectacled Guillemot
- Parakeet Auklet vs Black Guillemot
- Parakeet Auklet vs Marbled Murrelet
- Razorbill vs Brünnich's Guillemot
- Razorbill vs Common Guillemot
- Rhinoceros Auklet vs Craveri's Murrelet
- Tufted Puffin vs Atlantic Puffin
- Whiskered Auklet vs Kittlitz's Murrelet
- Whiskered Auklet vs Parakeet Auklet