Alca

Summary

Alca is a monotypic taxon^[1]. Alca ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alca's image is recorded as Razorbill with a nice catch.jpg^[3].
• Alca's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon^[4].
• Alca's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[5].
• Alca's parent taxon is recorded as Alcidae^[6].
• Alca's taxon name is recorded as Alca^[7].
• Alca's Commons category is recorded as Alca^[8].
• Alca's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07sg8y3^[9].
• Alca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28688^[10].
• Alca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176970^[11].
• Alca's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 39606^[12].
• Alca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481308^[13].
• Alca's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 137036^[14].
• Alca's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• Alca's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as CE4A8B4E-B167-4447-97D5-3F36690C58A4^[16].
• Alca's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 96973^[17].
• Alca's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 1001515^[18].
• Alca's Plazi ID is recorded as 04A76E3B-8ABD-BC44-6178-36CEB707A118^[19].
• Alca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4500^[20].
• Alca's NBN System Key is recorded as NBNSYS0000188725^[21].
• Alca's Nederlands Soortenregister ID is recorded as 139198^[22].
• Alca's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 4531^[23].
• Alca's Fauna Europaea New ID is recorded as 12828c2a-76b2-4d65-95c5-36e2f1d133b8^[24].
• Alca's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1444047^[25].
• Alca's Belgian Species List ID is recorded as 53304^[26].
• Alca's NBIC scientific name ID is recorded as 3598^[27].

Why It Matters

Alca ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2] Alca has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Alca is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]