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Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot

Photo by Sungrebe
St Paul Island, Alaska, July 2004

Uria lomvia

Identification

40-44 cm (15¾-17¼ in)

Black head, neck, back and wings
White underparts
Long and pointed bill
Small rounded black tail

Photo by NIGHTJAR1
Spitzbergen, Norway, June 2007

Non-breeding: face shows more white

Distribution

Arctic areas of Europe, Asia and North America:
North America: Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New England, Alaska, Aleutian Islands
Europe: Iceland, Scandinavia, Norway, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Baltic
Asia: Russia, Siberia, Japan

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

U. l. lomvia:

Gulf of St. Lawrence to Greenland and Novaya Zemlya

U. l. eleonorae:

Eastern Taymyr Peninsula to New Siberian Islands (Russia)

U. l. heckeri:

Wrangel Island, Herald Island and northern Chukotsk Peninsula

U. l. arra:

Northern Japan and Aleutian Islands to south-eastern Alaska

Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot

Winter plumage
Photo by rb_stern
Lunenburg, NS, Canada, February 2005

Habitat

Pelagic. Breeds on rocky seaside cliffs.

Behaviour

Breeding

Colonial breeders on cliff edges. The lay a single egg.

Diet

They find their food underwater, in deep dives. The diet includes invertebrates and occasionally fish; the chicks are fed fish, squid, crustaceans and other small invertebrates.

Vocalisation

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Wikipedia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Thick-billed Murre. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Thick-billed_Murre

External Links

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-[[Image:Thick-billed_Murre.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Sungrebe]]
 '''Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot'''
+[[Image:Thick-billed_Murre.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Sungrebe|Sungrebe}}<br />St Paul Island, [[Alaska]], July 2004]]
 ;[[:Category:Uria|Uria]] lomvia
 ==Identification==
--44cm.  Black head, neck, back and wings, white underparts, long and pointed bill. They have a small rounded black tail. The lower face becomes white in winter.
+-44 cm (15¾-17¼ in)
+*Black head, neck, back and wings
+*White underparts
+*Long and pointed bill
+*Small rounded black tail<br />
+[[Image:Brunnichs Guillemot.jpg|thumb|350px|right|<br />Photo by {{user|NIGHTJAR1|NIGHTJAR1}}<br />Spitzbergen, [[Norway]], June 2007]]
+'''Non-breeding''': face shows more white
 ==Distribution==
-High Arctic of [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]].
+Arctic areas of [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]]:<br />
+'''North America''': [[Canada]], [[Newfoundland]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[New England]], [[Alaska]], [[Aleutian Islands]]<br />
+'''Europe''': [[Iceland]], [[Scandinavia]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Faroe Islands]], [[Greenland]], [[Baltic States|Baltic]]<br />
+'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Japan]]
 ==Taxonomy==
+====Subspecies====
+There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+*''U. l. lomvia'':
+:*Gulf of St. Lawrence to [[Greenland]] and Novaya Zemlya
+*''U. l. eleonorae'':
+:*Eastern Taymyr Peninsula to New Siberian Islands ([[Russia]])
+*''U. l. heckeri'':
+:*Wrangel Island, Herald Island and northern Chukotsk Peninsula
+*''U. l. arra'':
+:*Northern [[Japan]] and [[Aleutian Islands]] to south-eastern [[Alaska]]
+'''Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot'''
+[[Image:1461DSCN5795web-sm.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Winter plumage<br />Photo by {{user|rb_stern|rb_stern}}<br />Lunenburg, NS, [[Canada]], February 2005 ]]
 ==Habitat==
-Coasts and islands.
+Pelagic. Breeds on rocky seaside cliffs.
 ==Behaviour==
-They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs, a single egg being laid directly on a cliff ledge.
+====Breeding====
+Colonial breeders on cliff edges. The lay a single egg.
+====Diet====
+They find their food  underwater, in deep dives. The diet includes invertebrates and occasionally fish; the chicks are fed fish, squid, crustaceans and other small invertebrates.
+====Vocalisation====
+{{ Audio|Uria lomvia (song).mp3 }}
-They forage for food  by using their wings to swim underwater. They are accomplished divers.  The diet includes invertebrates and a few fish; the chicks are fed fish, squid, crustaceans and other small invertebrates.
+==References==
-====Vocalisation====
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
-<flashmp3>Uria lomvia (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
+#Wikipedia
-''[[Media:Uria lomvia (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Uria+lomvia}}
+{{GSearch|"Uria lomvia" {{!}} "Thick-billed Murre" {{!}} "Brunnich Guillemot"}}
+{{GS-checked}}1
 <br />
-{{Video|Brunnich's_Guillemot}}
+<br />
-*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1010&Bird_Image_ID=13180&Bird_Family_ID=106 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
-*[http://www.gaviatravel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=65 Where to find Brunnich's Guillemots/Thick-billed Murre in Iceland]
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