Thick-billed Murre
Uria lomvia(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Thick-billed Murre
The Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcidae (Auks, Puffins, and Murres) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Uria lomvia
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Thick-billed Murre
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Uria lomvia lomvia
- Uria lomvia eleonorae
- Uria lomvia heckeri
- Uria lomvia arra
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Alca Lomvia
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Boreal Europe; restricted type locality, Greenland, apud Hartert, antea, p. 1773.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.130
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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