Thick-billed Murre

Uria lomvia - Guillemot de Brünnich

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Alcidés
Genus
:
Uria
Species
:
lomvia

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 43 cm
Wingspan
: 65 à 73 cm.
Weight
: 750 à 1481 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) is a species of bird in the Alcidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Uria lomvia lomvia (ne Canada to Novaya Zemlya. nw Russia.)
Uria lomvia eleonorae (e Taymyr Pen. to New Siberia islands. nc Russia.)
Uria lomvia heckeri (Wrangel and Herald Is., Chukotsk Pen.. ne Russia.)
Uria lomvia arra (n Japan to the Aleutian Is. and se Alaska)

Foreign names

Guillemot de Brünnich,
Arao de Brünnich,
airo-de-freio,
Dickschnabellumme,
vastagcsőrű lumma,
Kortbekzeekoet,
Uria di Brunnich,
spetsbergsgrissla,
Polarlomvi,
norec hrubozobý,
alkoun tlustozobý,
Polarlomvie,
pohjankiisla,
somorgollaire de Brünnich,
Stuttnefja,
nurzyk polarny,
resnknābja kaira,
debelokljuna lumna,
Толстоклювая кайра,
ハシブトウミガラス,
厚嘴崖海鸦,
spetsbergsgrissla,
厚嘴海鴉,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands