Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)

Other Names (World)
Thick-billed Murre, Brunnich's Guillemot, Brunnich's Murre

Family
Alcidae (Auks)

Size
39 - 43 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Breeds on ledges of cliffs, stacks and rocky islands. In winter, mainly pelagic but occasionally found inshore, in bays, harbors and channels.

Range (Guide)

Canada (B) (NB), Faroe Islands, Greenland (B) (NB), Iceland (B) (NB), Japan, Norway (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian), Russia (European) (B), St Pierre and Miquelon (NB), Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (B), USA (B).

Vagrant to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany (NB), Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands Antilles, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 22,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Throaty roaring 'aoorrr', 'quaaaaaa' or 'kuakuakuaaaa', slightly lower-pitched, harder and more crow-like than Common Murre (Uria aalge). Juveniles at sea give a low plaintive whistle.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) [XC141227]
by Andrew Spencer from Tolstoi Point, St. Paul Island, Alaska, United States (call)

Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) [XC487906]
by id from Westfjords Region, Iceland (call, song)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) - North-eastern Canada south to Gulf of St Lawrence, and Greenland east to Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya and Severnaya Zemlya.
eleonorae Portenko, 1937 - Eastern Taymyr Peninsula east to New Siberian Is.
heckeri Portenko, 1944 - Wrangel I, Herald I and northern Chukotskiy Peninsula.
arra (Pallas, 1811) - Northern Pacific, from north-western Alaska south to northern Japan, Aleutians and south-eastern Alaska.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) - 10 files

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