{"id":24357,"date":"2012-10-29T20:40:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/razorbill-alca-torda\/"},"modified":"2019-08-02T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:49:30","slug":"razorbill-alca-torda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/seabirds\/razorbill-alca-torda\/","title":{"rendered":"Razorbill Alca torda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Razorbill (Alca torda), a large auk, is the only living member of the genus Alca. Their breeding habitat is islands, rocky shores and cliffs on northern Atlantic coasts, in eastern North America as far south as Maine, and in western Europe from northwestern Russia to northern France. This species has undergone moderate declines in Europe, including very rapid declines in Iceland since 2005. Crashes in sandeel stocks around Iceland may be a contributing factor in the declines. The species is, therefore, listed as Near Threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: <a href=\"http:\/\/datazone.birdlife.org\/species\/factsheet\/razorbill-alca-torda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Razorbill <i>Alca torda <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-128-24357\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-12330\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/at0r5436_flkr.jpg\" title=\"Razorbill Alca Torda\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Razorbill Alca Torda\" alt=\"Razorbill Alca Torda\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/thumbs\/thumbs_at0r5436_flkr.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Razorbill Alca Torda<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-774\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/razorbill-alca-torda-3.jpg\" title=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) at Roaringwater Bay, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) at Roaringwater Bay, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/thumbs\/thumbs_razorbill-alca-torda-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Razorbill (Alca torda) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-773\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/razorbill-alca-torda-2.jpg\" title=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) at Roaringwater Bay, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) at Roaringwater Bay, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/thumbs\/thumbs_razorbill-alca-torda-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Razorbill (Alca torda) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-772\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/razorbill-alca-torda-1.jpg\" title=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) at Roaringwater Bay, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) at Roaringwater Bay, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Razorbill (Alca torda) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/razorbill-alca-torda\/thumbs\/thumbs_razorbill-alca-torda-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Razorbill (Alca torda) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Razorbill (Alca torda), a large auk, is the only living member of the genus Alca. Their breeding habitat is islands, rocky shores and cliffs on northern Atlantic coasts, in eastern North America as far south as Maine, and in western Europe from northwestern Russia to northern France. 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