Paul D Stewart / Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) from the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris' 'A History of British Birds' by the printer Benjamin Fawcett circa 1853. Morris was instrumental in founding the Royal Society for th...

Bristol City Museum / Great auk specimen - seabird hunted to extinction mid 19th century {Pinguinnus impennis}

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Great auk (Pinguinus impennis) swimming, from Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant's book 'British Zoology' 1776 .This species, now extinct was last sighted in 1852 on the Grand Banks of Ne...

David Tipling / Illustration of Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) by Ole Worm of his pet from the Faroe Islands. The only known illustration of a Great Auk drawn from life. From Ole Worms book Museum Wormianum, 1655.

Bristol City Museum / Great auk egg {Pinguinnus impennis} Seabird species hunted to extinction mid 19th century

Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis). Became extinct in mid 19th century (Wildlife Art Company).

Roland Seitre / Great auk (Pinguinus impennis) head portrait of museum specimen, Natural History Museum of Paris, France. Extinct.

Philippe Clement / Predated egg shells of razorbill (Alca torda) broken and eaten by herring gull or great skua in spring, Scotland, UK, June