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Definition of Alca torda
1. Noun. Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill.
Generic synonyms: Auk
Group relationships: Alca, Genus Alca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alca Torda
Literary usage of Alca torda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"[Alca torda] ß LATHAM, Index От., ii, 1790, 793 (based on Alca pica ... [Alca
torda] y LATHAM, Index От., ii, 1790, 794 (based on Alca balthica Brünnich). ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The Great Auk is merely a gigantic form of Razor-bill, with a heavier body and
feebler wings than its more active congener, Alca torda, so that while the ..."
3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Type, by subs. desig., Alca torda I AINN.urn (Newton, 1876). ... Alca torda
LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., ed. 10,I, 1758, 130. (Southern Sweden.) RANGE. ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1889)
"Right tibia and fibula of Alca torda; life size, showing same surfaces as the
bone in fig. ... Right femur of Alca torda, anterior surface; life size; ..."
5. The Nests and Eggs of British Birds: When and where to Find Them : Being a by Charles Dixon (1894)
"The site on which they are laid also prevents the slightest possible chance of
confusion. Family ALCID^E. Genus ALCA. RAZORBILL. Alca torda ..."
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