Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Alcoidea > 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 (+) (-)

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Japanese: オオハシウミガラス sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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 Gaelic: 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 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	Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo. 11(3): 65-75.
additional source	Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (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	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
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	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.