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'''Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot'''
 
'''Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot'''
 
;[[:Category:Uria|Uria]] lomvia
 
;[[:Category:Uria|Uria]] lomvia
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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40-44cm.  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.
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40-44cm
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*Black head, neck, back and wings
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*White underparts
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*Long and pointed bill
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*Small rounded black tail<br />
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[[Image:Brunnichs Guillemot.jpg|thumb|350px|right|<br />Photo by {{user|NIGHTJAR1|NIGHTJAR1}}<br />Spitzbergen, [[Norway]], June 2007]]
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'''Non-breeding''': face shows more white  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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High Arctic of [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]].
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Arctic areas of [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]]:<br />
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'''North America''': [[Canada]], [[Newfoundland]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[New England]], [[Alaska]], [[Aleutian Islands]]<br />
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'''Europe''': [[Iceland]], [[Scandinavia]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Faroe Islands]], [[Greenland]], [[Baltic States|Baltic]]<br />
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'''Asia''': [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Japan]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 4 subspecies:
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*''U. l. lomvia'':
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:*Gulf of St. Lawrence to [[Greenland]] and Novaya Zemlya
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*''U. l. eleonorae'':
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:*Eastern Taymyr Peninsula to New Siberian Islands ([[Russia]])
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*''U. l. heckeri'':
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:*Wrangel Island, Herald Island and northern Chukotsk Peninsula
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*''U. l. arra'':
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:*Northern [[Japan]] and [[Aleutian Islands]] to south-eastern [[Alaska]]
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[[Image:1461DSCN5795web-sm.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Winter plumage<br />Photo by {{user|rb_stern|rb_stern}}<br />Lunenburg, NS, [[Canada]], February 2005 ]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Coasts and islands.
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Pelagic. Breeds on rocky seaside cliffs.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs, a single egg being laid directly on a cliff ledge.
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====Breeding====
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Colonial breeders on cliff edges. The lay a single egg.
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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.
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====Diet====
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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====
 
====Vocalisation====
 
<flashmp3>Uria lomvia (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
<flashmp3>Uria lomvia (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
''[[Media:Uria lomvia (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
 
''[[Media:Uria lomvia (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Uria+lomvia}}
 
{{GSearch|Uria+lomvia}}

Revision as of 09:01, 28 June 2010


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Photo by Sungrebe
St Paul Island, Alaska, July 2004

Alternative name: Brunnich's Guillemot

Uria lomvia

Identification

40-44cm

  • 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[1]

There are 4 subspecies:

  • 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:
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

<flashmp3>Uria lomvia (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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External Links


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