Common Murre

Uria aalge - Guillemot de Troïl Guillemot marmette

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Alcidés

  • Genus
    :

    Uria

  • Species
    :

    aalge

Descriptor

Pontoppidan, 1763

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 43 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 64 à 71 cm.
  • Weight
    : 850 à 1130 g
Longevity

32 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Guillemot de Troïl
adult plum. breeding
Guillemot de Troïl
adult plum. transition

Common Murre (Uria aalge) is a species of bird in the Alcidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Uria aalge aalge (e Canada to Iceland, Scotland, s Norway and the Baltic Sea)
  • Uria aalge hyperborea (n Norway to Svalbard and nw Russia)
  • Uria aalge albionis (British Isles to w Iberian Pen.)
  • Uria aalge inornata (e Korea, Japan through the Bering Sea to w Alaska and sw Canada)
  • Uria aalge californica (n Washington to California. USA.)

Foreign names

  • Guillemot de Troïl,
  • Arao común,
  • airo-comum,
  • Trottellumme,
  • lumma,
  • Zeekoet,
  • Uria,
  • sillgrissla,
  • Lomvi,
  • norec tenkozobý,
  • alkoun úzkozobý,
  • Lomvie,
  • etelänkiisla,
  • somorgollaire comú,
  • Langvía,
  • nurzyk (zwyczajny),
  • tievknābja kaira,
  • lumna,
  • Тонкоклювая кайра,
  • ウミガラス,
  • 崖海鸦,
  • 普通海鴉〔崖海鴉〕,

Voice song and cries

Guillemot de Troïl
adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Guillemot de Troïl
adult plum. breeding

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Guillemot de Troïl
published: - Updated: 29-11-2010
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