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OverviewAI-generated
The Thick-billed Murre (*Uria lomvia*) is a species of bird belonging to the family Alcidae within the order Charadriiformes. It is classified under the class Aves and phylum Chordata, with the genus *Uria* serving as its parent taxon. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is also referred to as Brünnich's guillemot. Its conservation status is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List, a designation recorded in 2018.
This marine species has a wingspan of 0.727. It is not considered extinct and is recognized as an accepted taxon. The bird is known by various common names, including Polarlomvi, Kortbekzeekoet, and Толстоклювая кайра.
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Species
Least ConcernBrünnich's guillemot
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyAlcidae
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
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- Uria lomvia
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- wingspan
- 0.727
- taxon common name
- debelokljuna njorka
- short name
- U. lomvia
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Encyclopedic overview
The thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). This bird is named after the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich. The very deeply black North Pacific subspecies Uria lomvia arra is also called Pallas' murre after its describer.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thick-billed Murre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.