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    (c) Mark Price, all rights reserved

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    (c) Titouan Roguet, all rights reserved

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    (c) António Terra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) chris roberts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) dkirschke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Andre Audet, all rights reserved

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Razorbill

Alca torda

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About

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.

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