Hantu masa lalu (Ghosts of the Past)
Great Auk
Pinguinus impennis
- mistis
- 8 km/h
- Punah
The original penguin of the north. Hunted to extinction, now haunts the postal service.
- Populasi
- 0 — extinct; last confirmed breeding pair killed on Eldey Island, Iceland, 3 June 1844 (a probable last individual sighted off the Newfoundland Banks in 1852)
- Habitat
- Remote rocky North Atlantic islands with cliff/shoreline access for breeding; open ocean and coastal waters (incl. kelp beds) for foraging and roosting in the non-breeding season
- Fakta menarik
- The Great Auk was a flightless, penguin-like seabird with vestigial ~15 cm wings, capable of diving to depths around 75 meters and holding its breath for extended periods, but its ground-nesting colonies and inability to fly made it easy prey for feather, egg, meat, and down hunters, driving it to extinction by the mid-1800s.
- Sebaran
- North Atlantic: breeding colonies in Canada, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland, and the UK; historical/archaeological presence from Russia to France and the Iberian Peninsula, wintering as far south as New England and southern Spain
- Makanan
- Small schooling fish (e.g., Atlantic menhaden, capelin, sand lance), plus lumpsuckers, sculpins, cod, and crustaceans; chicks fed regurgitated fish/crustaceans and possibly plankton
- Ukuran
- 0,75 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
