thick-billed murre

bird
Also known as: Brünnich’s guillemot, Brünnich’s murre, Uria lomvia

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  • Common murres (Uria aalge), ringed phase at left
    In murre

    The thick-billed, or Brünnich’s, murre (U. lomvia), with a somewhat heavier beak, often nests farther north, to Ellesmere Island and other islands within the Arctic Circle, where the common murre is absent. There is some overlap in breeding grounds, however, and the two species nest in…

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