[DOC] [TLE] Penguin - Wikipedia [PAR] Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, 
flightless birds ... Although all penguin species are native to the Southern 
Hemisphere, they are not found only in ... appearance to the great auk of the 
Northern Hemisphere, and named them after this bird, although they are not 
closely related. [DOC] [TLE] Penguins: aquatic, flightless birds found in the Southern Hemisphere [PAR] Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not 
... zone; one lives as far north as the Galpagos Islands: the Galpagos Penguin. 
.... and proposed a theory (now considered erroneous) that these birds were 
derived ... was the largest species of the extinct penguin genus 
Archaeospheniscus,... [DOC] [TLE] Did Penguins Once Inhabit The Northern Hemisphere? - Zidbits [PAR] Nov 3, 2013 ... Did a species of penguin once call the North Pole home? ... The Great Auk was 
native to the Northern Hemisphere and could be found around the ... The birds 
were an easy target during their nesting season and it caused their ... the Great 
Auk was eventually hunted to extinction in the mid-19th century. [DOC] [TLE] Fossil Counterparts of Giant Penguins from the North Pacific [PAR] Both the Plotopteridae and the giant penguins became extinct by the middle ... (
extinct stem alcids) and the small group of species related to the Great Auk ... 
Penguins are one of four known lineages of flightless wingpropelled diving birds, 
along ... flightless, wing-propelled divers in the Northern and Southern 
Hemispheres. [DOC] [TLE] Why there are no penguins in the Arctic. | Greenpeace International [PAR] Jul 8, 2010 ... Guillemots gather on an iceberg off the north Svalbard coast ... in the middle of 
the ocean; but there is no pole at the North Pole  and even if you put one there, 
... the Great Auk didn't live in the Arctic  it didn't really stray farther north than 
Iceland and could be ... So why is this extinct bird called a penguin? [DOC] [TLE] why do penguins not live at the NORTH pole?? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] The extinction of their Northern Hemisphere counterparts was recent enough that 
the ... With one species hitching an iceberge ride North dueing the ice age to the 
... Penguin The northern bird, which we now call the great auk, was such an... [DOC] [TLE] Auks, Puffins, and Murres (Alcidae) - Dictionary definition of Auks ... [PAR] While the suborder is uniform enough to include all of the auks in one family, ... a 
flightless North Atlantic seabird and the only extinct member of the Alcidae, ... 
unrelated ecological counterparts in the Southern Hemisphere, the penguins ... 
While the great auk is extinct, none of the extant species is considered 
Endangered. [DOC] [TLE] Razor Bill - LadyWildLife [PAR] Aug 30, 2015 ... The razorbill is one of the largest auks, a stocky relative of the puffin and the ... 
Auks are considered the Northern Hemispheres equivalent of penguins ... 
Relatives: The razor bill is most like the penguin of all the auks. ... of the extinct 
great auk, a large, flightless bird once common on North Atlantic islands. [DOC] [TLE] great-auk - the messybeast [PAR] The great auk is linked to the discovery of North America by Icelandic Vikings 
who, ... The great auk's similarity to southern hemisphere penguins is due to 
parallel .... Since the birds only produced one egg each year and were 
vulnerable while ... and their eggs in such huge numbers, that they considered it 
unnecessary to... [DOC] [TLE] 12 Animals We Wish We Could De-Extinct | Mother Jones [PAR] May 15, 2013 ... Said to have flown in massive, million-bird flocks that filled the North American ... 
considered one of the most social birds in North American history, but was ... 
Great auks were once the penguins of the Northern Hemisphere, ... more in 
common with modern elephants than their cuddly counterparts today. [DOC] [TLE] Guillemots - Pembrokeshire Islands [PAR] Just like the Razorbill, Guillemots are descended from a bird called the great auk 
... The great auk was considered to be the northern hemispheres equivalent

Question: This birds, of which the "great" one is extinct, are considered the N. hemisphere's counterpart to penguins
Answer: auks