Razorbill Alca torda Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Subspecies (2)
Jennifer Lavers, J. Mark Hipfner, and Gilles Chapdelaine
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Detari sqeptrashë |
| Asturian | Pitorru comñn |
| Basque | Pottorro arrunta |
| Bulgarian | Дебелоклюна гагарка |
| Catalan | gavot |
| Croatian | plosnatokljuna njorka |
| Czech | alka malá |
| Danish | Alk |
| Dutch | Alk |
| English | Razorbill |
| English (United States) | Razorbill |
| Faroese | Álka |
| Finnish | ruokki |
| French | Petit Pingouin |
| French (France) | Petit Pingouin |
| Galician | Arao carolo |
| German | Tordalk |
| Greek | Κοινή Άλκα |
| Hebrew | אלקה גדולה |
| Hungarian | Alka |
| Icelandic | Álka |
| Italian | Gazza marina |
| Japanese | オオハシウミガラス |
| Latvian | Lielais alks |
| Lithuanian | Alka |
| Norwegian | alke |
| Polish | alka |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Torda-mergulheira |
| Romanian | Alcă atlantică |
| Russian | Гагарка |
| Serbian | Oštrokljuna njorka |
| Slovak | alka vrúbkozobá |
| Slovenian | Njorka |
| Spanish | Alca Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alca común |
| Swedish | tordmule |
| Turkish | Ustura Gagalı Alk |
| Ukrainian | Гагарка мала |
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Alca Torda
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.130.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Europae borealis oceano'; restricted type locality, southern Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ALCA
- torda
- Torda
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Razorbill
