razorbills
Black-and-white auks
Razorbills are black-and-white seabirds of the North Atlantic, related to puffins and murres.
They have distinctively thick, blade-like bills marked with white lines—hence the name.
Colonial nesters on rocky cliffs, they dive for fish and can fly underwater.
The species is the closest living relative of the extinct great auk.
Northern diving seabird
- puffinStocky auk, bright beak
- guillemotAuk of northern coasts
- murreDiving auk species
- pelagicOf the open sea
colony · nesting · breeding · plumage · beak · feathers · migration · flyway
Sudden steep descent
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
swimming · propulsion · buoyancy · aquatic · predation · descent · sandeel · capelin
Projecting horizontal surface
- rockfaceExposed cliff surface
- cragSteep rugged outcrop
- precipiceSteep rock face
- escarpmentSteep slope dividing elevations
bluff · outcrop · burrow · overhang · steep · heights · headland · crevice
auk
Northern diving seabird
pelagic · colony · nesting · breeding · plumage · beak · feathers · migration · flyway · ornithology
plunge
Sudden steep descent
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
depths · swimming · propulsion · buoyancy · aquatic · predation · descent · sandeel · capelin · herring
ledge
Projecting horizontal surface
escarpment · bluff · outcrop · burrow · overhang · steep · heights · headland · crevice · roosting
Iceland
Nordic island republic
Newfoundland · Labrador · Scotland · Ireland · Brittany · Baltic · coastal · maritime · temperate · subarctic
black
Darkest possible hue
sleek · streamlined · tuxedo · markings · distinctive · compact · sturdy · upright
- seabirdspenguin, penguins, pelican, pelicans, seagull
- waterbirdsducks, auk, geese, bittern, swans
- seabird cliffspuffins, gannets, guillemots, kittiwakes, murres
- shorebirdssandpiper, sandpipers, plover, plovers, curlew
- sea cliffscliff, cliff face, cliff edge, cliff top, precipice
razorbillspenguins
Flightless aquatic seabirds
emperor penguins · king penguins · great auk · little penguins · kiwis