Common Murre

Also known as Guillemot, Uria aalge, Common Guillemot

species of bird, auk

OverviewAI-generated

The Common Murre, scientifically named *Uria aalge*, is a species of bird within the family Alcidae and order Charadriiformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata, with the parent taxon *Uria*. The species was described by Pontoppidan in 1763 and is also referred to as the Common Guillemot, Trottellumme, Lomvi, or Lomvie. Its habitat is marine.

Physical measurements for the Common Murre include a mass of 108 and a wingspan of 0.707. The taxon range is listed as Africa. The species has an IUCN conservation status of Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2018. Additionally, the taxon is accepted by WoRMS.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

(southern and northern) guillemot

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyAlcidae

Habitatmarine

Observations22,676

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

The common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge) is a large auk, one of several species called murre or guillemot. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.

Common murres are fast in direct flight but are not very agile. They are highly mobile underwater using their wings to 'fly' through the water column, where they typically dive to depths of 30–60 m (100–195 ft). Depths of up to 180 m (590 ft) have been recorded.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Common Murre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.