common murre
Uria aalge latin

Its head is darker than that of a Common Murre.

They look shorter than the Common Murre in flight.

Certain groups of seabirds called Common Murre migrate north by swimming.

The life history traits of the razorbill are similar to that of the Common Murre.

The diet of a Razorbill is very similar to that of a Common Murre.

Other populous colonies include the Black-legged Kittiwake and the Common Murre.

Common Murre Restoration Project

Auks - Common Murre - Pigeon Guillemot

Uria aalge Common Murre

the Common Murre

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.

Matinicus Rock is known as being the southernmost nesting site for the Atlantic Puffin and as of 2009, the Common Murre.

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Common murre Uria aalge.

In 1972 the largest population on the Funk Island was that of the Thin-Billed or Common Murre, the population count was 396,461 pairs.

This abundance of fresh meat and eggs attracted ships to replenish supplies and Russian sealers, who were the first to collect the abundant Common Murre eggs.

Some auks, for instance-including Common Murre, Thick-billed Murre and Razorbill-lay their eggs directly onto the narrow rocky ledges they use as breeding sites.

Razorbills thrive in water surface temperature below 15 C. They are often seen with other larger auks, such as the Thick-Billed Murre and Common Murre.

Birds found on the bay include gull species, Caspian Tern, Brown Pelican, Cormorant, Surf Scoter, and Common Murre.

Teuri Island is a sanctuary for nesting sea birds, notably the common murre and the Black-tailed Gull, and is part of Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park.

Those on display include the sea birds Tufted Puffin, Common Murre, Rhinoceros Auklet, Pigeon Guillemot, and the shore bird Black Oystercatcher.

Among species that nest in large numbers on bird cliffs are Common Murre, Thick-billed Murre, Razorbill, Kittiwake, Little Auk and Atlantic Puffin.

Fisheries may be also be a threat, but because Thick-billed Murres are better able to utilise alternative food sources the effect of over-fishing is not as severe as on the Common Murre.

It is one of the smallest designated wilderness areas in the U.S., but features the largest colony of breeding Tufted Puffins and the largest Common Murre colony south of Alaska.

The Thick-billed Mure and the closely related Common Guillemot (or Common Murre, U. aalge) are similarly-sized, but the Thick-billed still bests the other species in both average and maximum size.

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Uria aalge, scientific name for the Common Guillemot

Uria aalge Common Murre

BirdGuides: Guillemot (Uria aalge)

GUILLEMOT Uria aalge.

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Common murre Uria aalge.

Under the 1992 bird count there were 40,140 breeding pairs of Guillemot (Uria aalge), representing at least 1.8 percent of this breeding East Atlantic seabird population.

The name of the band is the plural of the name of a group of seabirds (but most often meaning the Common Guillemot Uria aalge) and should be pronounced 'gillimott' (and not with a French accent).

The Common Guillemot, (Uria aalge), is found here, with the 1996 census recording 50 to 500 pairs, but not as a breeding location; although the habitat is considered marginal for this bird, criteria B1ii and C3 are nevertheless met.

In July, 2011, researchers discovered that a "loomerie" (breeding colony) of the California Common Murre (Uria aalge californica) had returned to Prince Island, an islet off San Miguel Island, for the first time since 1912.

The cliffs around the cape are an internationally important nesting site for over 50000 sea birds, including colonies of Puffin Fratercula arctica, Razorbill Alca torda, Guillemot Uria aalge, Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla and Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis.

The cliffs of the Seward Peninsula and St. Lawrence Island in particular are nesting sites for a variety of seabirds including common murre and thick-billed murre (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia) and tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)