Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot
- 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
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
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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Thick-billed Murre. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Thick-billed_Murre
External Links
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