Thick-billed Murre
Also known as Uria lomvia, Brünnich's Guillemot
species of bird
Species
Least ConcernBrünnich's guillemot
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyAlcidae
Habitatmarine
Observations2,855
via IUCN
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The thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). This bird is named after the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich. The very deeply black North Pacific subspecies Uria lomvia arra is also called Pallas' murre after its describer.
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