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Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Charadriiformes
family
Alcidae
genus
Alca
species
Alca torda

Distribution

FAI; TER; SMG

Notes

Occasional Wintering. Rodrigues et al. (2010)

Alca torda Linnaeus 1758

Alca torda [spec. nov.]

A. rostri sulcis quatuor, linea utrinque alba a rostro ad oculos. It. gottl. 286. Fn. svec. 120.

Alca. Clus. exot. 367. Worm. mus. 363. Will. orn. 243. t. 64. f. 1. & t. 65. f. 2. Raj. av. 119. Alb. av. 3. p. 90. t. 95.

Habitat in Europae borealis oceano.

Plures ova solitaria simul in antro rupium pariunt, conjunctis viribus alternatis excludunt, unica excubias agente; erectae incedunt.

Distribution

Breeding regions are low Arctic to n temperate North Atlantic coasts. Breeding subregions are Greenland, Iceland, British Isles to Scandinavia, nw France and the White Sea (nw Russia), ne Canada to Gulf of Maine. Non breeding regions are to Gulf Stream off North Carolina (w North Atlantic); to Iberian Pen. (e North Atlantic) and w Mediterranean Sea.

Name

Synonyms
Alca torda britannica Ticehurst, 1936
Homonyms
Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Alca Común in Spanish
Alca común in Spanish
Alk in Dutch
Alk in Dutch
Alk in Danish
Alk in Danish
Alka in Hungarian
Alka in Polish
Alka malá in Czech
Alke in Norwegian
Alke in Norwegian
Gazza marina in Italian
Gazza marina in Italian
Petit Pingouin in French
Petit Pingouin in French
Petit Pingouin in French
Petit pingouin in French
Pingouin torda in French
Razorbill in English
Razorbill in English
Razorbill in English
Razorbill in English
Razorbill in English
Razorbill in English
Razorbill in English
Razorbill in English
Ruokki in Finnish
Tord-Alk in German
Torda-mergulheira in Portuguese
Tordalk in German
Tordalk in German
Tordalk in German
Tordmule in Swedish
alk in Estonian
alk in Dutch
alka in Hungarian
alka in Lithuanian
alka (zwyczajna) in Polish
alka malá in Czech
alka vrúbkozobá in Slovak
gavot in Catalan–Valencian
lielais alks in Latvian
njorka in Slovenian
petit pingouin in French
razorbill in English
razorbill in English
razorbill in English
razorbill in English
ruokki in Finnish
torda-mergulheira in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 271 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic names Equus Linnaeus, 1758 (class Mammalia) and Aica Linnaeus, 1758 (class Aves) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 16).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(3), 41-50 (1954)
  7. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  8. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  9. 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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  10. Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
  11. Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
  12. SOF (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  13. Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p.
  14. Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. <em>De Strandvlo.</em> 11(3): 65-75.
  15. Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383.
  16. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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