Razorbill / Alca torda
| Razorbill bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Razor-billed Auk |
| Order | Shorebirds / Charadriiformes |
| Family | Auks / Alcidae |
| Genus | Alca |
| Breeding region | Eurasia, North America |
| Breeding subregion | low Arctic to n temperate North Atlantic coasts: Greenland, Iceland, British Is. to Scandinavia, nw France and the White Sea (nw Russia), ne Canada to Gulf of Maine |
| Non breeding region | to Gulf Stream off North Carolina (w North Atlantic); to Iberian Pen. (e North Atlantic) and w Mediterranean Sea |
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Where to see Razorbill
- Algeria
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bermuda
- Canada
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Spain
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Tunisia
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Western Sahara
- Åland Islands
Razorbill subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alca torda islandica | Iceland, Faroe, British and Channel is., nw France and Heligoland (n of Germany) | - | No |
| Alca torda torda | ne Hudson Bay and s Baffin I. (ne Canada to Gulf of Maine; w, se Greenland to n Scandinavia, Baltic and White seas (nw Russia) | - | No |
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Alk |
| Albanian | Sqepbrisku |
| Azerbaijani | qaqara |
| Basque | Pottorro arrunta, Gavot , Pottorro (arrunt) |
| Belarusian | Гагарка |
| Breton | Ero beg plat, An erv beg plat, God |
| Bulgarian | Гагарка, Дебелоклюна гагарка |
| Catalan | Pingdai, gavot |
| Chinese | 刀嘴海雀 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 刀嘴海雀 |
| Chuvash | гагарка |
| Cornish | Gelvyn lym |
| Croatian | Oštrokljuna njorka, plosnatokljuna njorka |
| Czech | alka malá |
| Danish | Alk |
| Dutch | Alk |
| Esperanto | aûko, Aŭko |
| Estonian | alk |
| Faroese | Álka, Nakkalanga |
| Finnish | ruokki |
| French | Pingouin torda, Pinguin torda, Gode, Petit Pingouin |
| Frisian | Alk |
| Galician | Carolo, Gavot, Arao carolo |
| German | Tordalk |
| Greek | Αλκα, Κοινή Άλκα |
| Hebrew | אלקה, אלקה גדולה |
| Hungarian | alka |
| Icelandic | Álka |
| Irish | Crosán |
| Italian | Gazza marina |
| Japanese | オオハシウミガラス |
| Kazakh | Атлант мұхитының гагарлары, кәдімгі гагар, гагарка |
| Latvian | lielais alks |
| Lithuanian | alka |
| Macedonian | Остроклуна норка |
| Maltese | Mus, Mus tal-Baħar |
| Manx | Coltrag |
| Northern Sami | Hálka, Hálkka |
| Norwegian | Brednebbet alke, Alke, Klubbalke, alke |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Alke |
| Polish | alka, Nurzyk polarny, Alka krzywonosa, alka (zwyczajna), Alka zwyczajna |
| Portuguese | torda-mergulheira, Torda-mergulhadeira, torda mergulhadeira |
| Romanian | Pinguin mic |
| Russian | Гагарка, Gagarka |
| Serbian | mala njorka, Oštrokljuna njorka, Alk, Алк |
| Slovak | alka vrúbkozobá |
| Slovenian | mala njorka, njorka |
| Spanish | Alca, Alca común |
| Swedish | tordmule |
| Turkish | Usturagaga, Ustura Gagalı Alk |
| Turkmen | gagarka гагарка |
| Ukrainian | гагарка мала |
| Uzbek | гагарка |
| Welsh | Llurs, Gwalch y pysgod, Gwalch y penweig, Aderyn brith |