Alca torda

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Charadriiformes • Familia: Alcidae • Genus: Alca • Species: Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758

 Vernacular names

• English: Razorbill
• dansk: Alk
• Deutsch: Tordalk
• français: Petit Pingouin
• galego: Carolo
• hrvatski: Mala njorka
• 日本語: オオハシウミガラス
• lietuvių: Alka
• norsk: Alke
• polski: Alka
• português: Torda-mergulheira

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Alca torda

• Note: For IOC classification 2.11, this is currently the only extant (living) species in the genus Alca.

• IOC link: Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 subcat

• ITIS link: Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 (mirror)

• IUCN: Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 (old web site) (Near Threatened)

On land and sea

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  on Skomer

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  courting pair

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  Petit pingouin sur la côte normande (Cotentin/France)

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  Razorbill

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  Razorbill couple with their young in Iceland.

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  Razorbill at bird cliff in Westfjords, Iceland.

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  Razorbill with Common Guillemots at the Norwegian bird-island Runde

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In flight

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  taking off from water

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  in flight

Egg

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    Museum specimen

Illustration

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  Razorbill Alca torda (left) and Little Auk Alle alle (right)

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  ID composite