The common murre, also called the common guillemot or foolish guillemot, (Uria aalge) is a large auk. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic...

century, the murres are the largest living members of the Alcidae. The thick-billed murre and the closely related common guillemot (or common murre, U. aalge)...

introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the common murre (Uria aalge) as the type species. The genus name is from Ancient Greek...

family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. The family contains 25 extant...

the tribe Alcini, which also includes the common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge), the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), and the dovekie (Alle alle)...

common ancestor, a bird probably similar to a stout Xantus's murrelet, had spread to the coasts of the Atlantic. Apparently, by that time, the murres...

kingfisher Common linnet Common loon Common merganser Common miner Common moorhen Common murre Common myna Common newtonia Common nighthawk Common nightingale...

colonies. One well-studied case of this phenomenon has been the effect on common murre colonies on islands in Alaska, where foxes were introduced for fur farming...

supplies and Russian sealers, who were the first to collect the abundant common murre eggs. When control of California passed from Mexico to the United States...

pelagicus), common or Pacific eider (Somateria mollissima), king eider (Somateria mollissima), Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri), common murre (Uria aalge)...

Among species that nest in large numbers on bird cliffs are common murre, thick-billed murre, razorbill, kittiwake, little auk and Atlantic puffin. The...

bellies, rounder heads and bright red feet. Common murre or common guillemot, Uria aalge Thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot, Uria lomvia Some prehistoric...

little bee-eater) to highly pyriform or conical (such as those of the common murre) with the familiar shape of the chicken egg lying in between. Early scientific...

"Direct and Indirect Effects: Interactions Between Bald Eagles and Common Murres". Ecological Applications. 11 (6): 1858–1869. doi:10...

cormorant, pelagic cormorant, double-crested cormorant, pigeon guillemot, common murre, Cassin's auklet, tufted puffin, black oystercatcher, rhinoceros auklet...

of dovekie, EPP has been shown in several species of alcid including common murre (Uria aalge) and razorbill (Alca torda), both of which raise only one...

kittiwake Brown skua Buff-breasted sandpiper Cape petrel Chinstrap penguin Common murre Crabeater seal Crested auklet Emperor penguin Gentoo penguin Glaucous...

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The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the...

were also cooked by boiling and were often the basis for soups. Common murre or common guillemot Uria aalge (alpa ~ alpaq in Yup'ik and Cup'ik, alpa in...

and shore birds. Those on display include the seabirds tufted puffin, common murre, rhinoceros auklet, pigeon guillemot, and the shore bird black oystercatcher...

Thick billed murre Atlantic puffin Common murre In 1972 the largest population on the Funk Island was that of the thin-billed or common murre, the population...

as the common loon (Gavia immer); auks such as the pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba), rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata), common murre (Uria aalge)...

species builds or uses a nest. Some auks, for instance—including common murre, thick-billed murre and razorbill—lay their eggs directly onto the narrow rocky...

District Certain groups of seabirds called common murre migrate north by swimming. Some Pacific Coast murres paddle north to the sheltered bays of the...

arvensis), Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), razorbill (Alca torda), common murre (Uria aalge), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), rock pigeon (Columba livia)...

with the in general yellow-legged gull (L. michahellis), which are more common in the Mediterranean area, but single birds may reach more northern seas...

Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle Common murre, Uria aalge Crested auklet, Aethia cristatella (A) Great auk, Pinguinus...

well represented here, with horned and tufted puffin, thick-billed and common murre, parakeet, crested and least auklets and ancient murrelet occurring as...

are able to fly. Dovekie (fulkubbi), Alle alle Common murre (lomvigi/a), Uria aalge Thick-billed murre (íslandslomvigi/a), Uria lomvia Razorbill (álka)...