Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds


Razorbill

http://www.worldbirds.co.uk/razorbill.aspx?key=229

Scientific:
Alca torda

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Alcidae
Genus:
Alca

Danish: Alk

Greenlandic: Apparluk

Length: 16.9 in (43 cm)

Weight: 17.8-31.4 oz (505-890 g)

Wingspan: 24.8-26.8 in (63-68 cm)

Fun Fact: A Razorbill can be found as far south as New Jersey.

Tero Linjama, XC343129. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/343129.


References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Alca torda. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=64F4DD81371B269F

Lavers, Jennifer, J. Mark Hipfner and Gilles Chapdelaine. 2009. Razorbill (Alca torda), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

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