Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758
(Razorbill)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlca torda (Razorbill)
GenusAlca (razorbill/guillemot)
FamilyALCIDAE (puffins, guillemots and auks)
OrderCHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Revels, R. 2007 Razorbills are one of the species… Vol 19, no. 1 Page: 24

Alca torda (Razorbill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alca torda (Razorbill)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Alca torda (Razorbill)
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