The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Alca torda. Family name - Alcidae

Number of eggs - 1 egg
Hatching time - 36 days
Age of independence - 18 days
Oldest known age - 20 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 37- 39 cm

Like all auks, the Razorbill uses its wings to ”fly” with underwater. A normal dive is 25 m deep (max dive is 150 m deep).

Alke   Ruokki   Alk   Razorbill   Tordmule   Petit Pingouin    Alk    Gazza marina    Tordalk   Alca    Álka    Alka krzywonosa

- Birds in Ola's BirdGuide -

Puffin  |  Guillemot   Razorbill   Black Guillemot  |  Red-necked Phalarope  |  Purple Sandpiper  |  Shag  |  Cormorant  |  Arctic Skua  |  White-tailed Eagle  |  Raven  |  Carrion Crow  |  Gannet  |  Fulmar  |  Oystercatcher  |  Arctic Tern  |  Great black-backed Gull  |  Kittiwake Common Gull  |  Herring Gull  |  Eider  |  Goosander  |  Long-tailed Duck  |  Mallard  |  † Great Auk