Razorbill

Alca torda

Named for a bill shaped like an old straight razor. Its scientific name, Alca torda, comes from Scandinavian words for this seabird. Nothing hidden here but did you know that it's the closest living relative of the great auk, a flightless seabird hunted to extinction?

Alca comes from the Norwegian alke, a word for this bird; torda comes from a Swedish dialect word for it.