Pinguinus Collection

Great Auk Extinct
The great auk or awk (PINGUINUS IMPENNIS) who lost its final battle for survival on a small island off Iceland in 1844, primarily due to over-hunting

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Extinct greak auk, puffin and emperor penguin
Extinct great auk, Pinguinus impennis e, emperor penguin g, Aptenodytes forsteri g, great crested grebe b, Podiceps cristatus, Atlantic puffin f, Fratercula arctica, black guillemot d

Great auk, Pinguinus impennis. Extinct. Handcoloured woodblock engraving by Benjamin Fawcett from Francis Orpen Morris Natural History of British Birds, London, 1850

Great auk, extinct, and Brazilian sandperch
Great auk, Pinguinus impennis 1, exctinct, and Brazilian sandperch, Pinguipes brasilianus 2. Pingouin, Pinguipes. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Spallanzanis great auk egg
Spallanzanis great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Tristrams great auk egg
Tristrams great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Walter Rothschilds great auk egg
Walter Rothschilds great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Lord Lilfords great auk egg
Lord Lilfords great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. Also known as the Royal College of Surgeons egg No.6 The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle

Bullocks great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century. 1962.1.5 (composite image) Date: 1962

Great auk, Pinguinus impennis
The great auk, Pinguinus impennis, is one of the most powerful symbols of the damage humans can cause. The species was driven extinct as a result of centuries of intense human exploitation

Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, large, flightless bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric

Dr Leachs 139 great auk egg
Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Puffin, extinct great auk, and emperor penguin.. Handcolored engraving after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richards Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Paris, Pourrat Freres, 1839

Great Auk Eggs
Illustration of Great Auk Eggs by Henrik Gronvold (1858-1940)

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