Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Alcidae > Genus Alca

Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alca*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): alke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: alk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: alk sources: Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: razorbill sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Razorbill sources: Charles Hussey

French: petit pingouin; pingouin macroptère; pingouin torda sources: Avibase - the world bird database;De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: crosán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Crosán

German: Tordalk sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Greek: Άλκα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Crosán sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): אלקה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: alka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: alke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: alke sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130

Norwegian Nynorsk: alke sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130

Nynorsk (Norwegian): alke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: alka; alka krzywonosa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: гагарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: crosán sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: njorka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: alca común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: tordmule sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ustura gaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гагарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: llurs

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo 11(3): 65-75
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
GenBank (92 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1001 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137128

Drs Cees Roselaar. Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96975