Auks (Alcidae)
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) - HBW 3, p. 710
French: Guillemot de Brünnich
German: Dickschnabellumme
Spanish: Arao de Brünnich
Other common names: Brünnich's Guillemot/Murre
Taxonomy: Alca Lomvia Linnaeus, 1758, Greenland.
Considerable geographical variation through circumpolar range; biometric variation in general quasi-clinal, but high colour variation more difficult to interpret. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) - NE Canada S to Gulf of St Lawrence, and Greenland E to Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya and Severnaya Zemlya.
- eleonorae Portenko, 1937 - E Taymyr Peninsula E to New Siberian Is.
- heckeri Portenko, 1944 - Wrangel I, Herald I and N Chukotskiy Peninsula.
- arra (Pallas, 1811) - N Pacific, from NW Alaska S to N Japan, Aleutians and SE Alaska.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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rare bird in the Netherlands Locality Den Helder, North Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp lomvia)
Daniêl Jimenez 12 August 2012 39 weeks ago 1 min 1 sec 4.4 -
A group of birds with common murre.A closeview of some bird Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 20 June 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of some bird Locality Varanger Peninsula, Finnmark County, Norway
Javier Ortas 21 June 2010 2 years ago 36 sec 4.3 -
Flock of birds swimming, preening and resting on the water or the ice, close to the colony. Locality Alkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia)
Christophe Gouraud 2 July 2008 4 years ago 23 sec 4 -
Birds on cliffs with Black-legged Kittiwakes. Locality Talan Island, Taui Bay, Magadan Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp arra)
Josep del Hoyo 26 June 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 3.8 -
On cliff faces at breeding colony on Yankicho Island Locality Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Oblast, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp arra)
Greg Baker 14 June 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 3.8
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Close-up of an adult swimming nearby the colony.
Locality Alkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia)
Christophe Gouraud 4 July 2008 3 years ago 4.6 -
Adult breeding.
Locality Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 5 July 2011 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
An adult swimming nearby the colony.
Locality Alkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia)
Christophe Gouraud 4 July 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
Birds sitting in the cliffs
Locality Látrabjarg, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Hans Petter Kristoffersen 1 July 2012 24 weeks ago 4.2 -
An injured breeder attacked by a Glaucous Gull.
Locality Alkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia)
Christophe Gouraud 21 July 2011 1 year ago 4 -
4 breeding birds resting on an ice floe.
Locality Alkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (ssp lomvia)
Christophe Gouraud 13 July 2010 2 years ago 4
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