Alcidae Leach, 1820

kingdom Animalia > phylum Chordata > subphylum Vertebrata > infraphylum Gnathostomata > superclass Reptilia > class Aves > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae

RankFamily
Statusaccepted
Aphia IDurn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136987
NCBI ID28683
Common names alkefamilien, alkefamilien, alken, alkor, auks, ウミスズメ
Environments marine, terrestrial

Child taxa

Genus Alca
Genus Alle
Genus Cepphus
Genus Fratercula
Genus Pinguinus
Genus Uria
Genus Aethia
Genus Brachyramphus
Genus Lunda
Genus Brachyrampus unaccepted
Genus Cerorhinca
Genus Plautus
Genus Cyclorrhynchus
Genus Ptychoramphus
Genus Synthliboramphus

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,211,014
Species level 1,111,300
Absence records 261
Species 23
Taxa 36
Datasets 101
Time range 1823 - 2022

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 31
Not marine 0
Marine unsure 0
No coordinates 31
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 0
No accepted name available 0

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 669,218 318,714
decimalLatitude 12 19
decimalLongitude 12 19
eventDate 55,084 0
maximumDepthInMeters 1,197,248 10,622
minimumDepthInMeters 1,197,267 10,622
occurrenceStatus 3,679 0
scientificNameID 42 11,479

Spatial issues

Records on land 49,597
More than 20 km from shore 105
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 13

Distribution

Records

Environmental conditions

Top datasets

Dataset Records
European Seabirds At Sea (ESAS)
Published 2024-12-12
590,882
JNCC seabird distribution and abundance data (all trips) from ESAS database
Published 2021-04-24
274,138
CWS-EC Eastern Canada Seabirds at Sea (ECSAS)
Published 2020-10-27
66,541
SEAPOP NINA
Published 2024-12-12
51,425
PIROP Northwest Atlantic 1965-1992
Published 2021-04-24
29,043
Bird observations at Borsele off shore wind farm
Published 2024-12-12
27,577
MMS Low Altitude Survey 1980-1983
Published 2021-04-24
19,886
Ecological Baseline Studies of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Option Year 1
Published 2022-06-07
11,997
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Seabirds Compendium
Published 2021-08-27
11,479
Observatoire Pelagis boat surveys 2003-2021
Published 2022-10-20
10,488