#0729 · 🐦 birds

Razorbill

🇳🇱 Alk ·Alca torda

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The razorbill ( Alca torda ) is a colonial seabird that comes to land only to breed. This agile bird chooses one partner for life; females lay one egg per year. Razorbills nest along coastal cliffs in enclosed or slightly exposed crevices. The parents spend equal amounts of time incubating. Once the chick has hatched, the parents take turns foraging for their young and sometimes fly long distances before finding prey.

base stats

NL sightings 89iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,416iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).