Common Murre
Both Murres are black and white and hard to distinguish from a Razorbill at a distance. Unlike the Razorbill, the Common Murre has a thin ponted bill with no white on the bill.
Murre
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(mör), common name for a group of diving birds of the same family as the auk and the puffin (family Alcidae) and including the guillemots. There are three species of murres, all about 18 in.
Murre, Thick-billed aka Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Found: North America, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: 1) Alan D Wilson at Zapadni Cliffs, St. Paul Island, Alaska
2) Michael Haferkamp in Barentsea, Svalbard 3) US Geoligical Survey 4) ...
Common Murre
Uria aalge (Pontoppidan)
Status Common in winter. Formerly bred. Bryant (1857) found them nesting off Yarmouth on Gannet Rock and Green Island.
Common murre Uria aalge
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Length: 14 inches
Sexes similar
Immature like basic-plumaged adult but often with smaller bill
Large alcid that dives for food from water surface
Thin, pointed bill
Small, rounded tail ...
Common Murre
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Common Murre
Relatives in same Genus
Thick-billed Murre (U. lomvia) ...
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Ancient murrelet Synthlibormaphus antiquus
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The Common Murre (Uria aalge) is a species which occurs on the northern coasts of the United States, both east and west. It is also found in the oceans all around Alaska as well as off the eastern coast of Canada.
Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)
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The CHARADRIIFORMES (pronounced kah-RAH-dree-ih-FOR-meez) is a taxonomic order of nineteen families including the gulls, sandpipers, plovers, and auks (more commonly known as 'Alcids').
Common Murres nest in large, dense colonies on rocky offshore ocean islands, often in the company of numerous other nesting birds. Murres are usually found on the upper parts of sea cliffs, below puffins and gulls but above kittiwakes and guillemots.
Common Murre & Razorbill
Razorbill (left) & Common Murre, Alca torda & Uria aalge
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Common Murre Uria aalge inornata - Adults in breeding plumage
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Ancient Murrelet Behaviour
No observations regarding Ancient Murrelet behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Ancient Murrelets ...
The marbled murrelet is a member of the Family Alcidae, which includes a variety of diving seabirds that feed on fish and other marine organisms.
The marbled murrelet is a small seabird that lives in coastal old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest of North America, from mid-California to Alaska. It is listed as a threatened species due to loss of habitat as old-growth forest is logged.
Thick-billed Murre (known as Brünnich's Guillemot in the UK) is seen about once a decade in NC, but almost never relocated.
Thick-Billed Murre Range
Fast Facts
Type: Bird Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: Up to 25 years Size: 18 in (45 cm) Weight: 26 to 52 ounces (750 to 1,481 g) Group name: Colony Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) ...
Not far from Great Macatina Harbour lie the Murre Rocks, consisting of several low islands, destitute of vegetation, and not rising high from the waters.
Diet The thick-billed murre eats fish, squid, and various crustaceans. It dives under the water to pursue its prey. The thick-billed murre is much better at swimming than it is at flying! ...
Common Murre (Uria aalge)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) ...
Common Murres breed in colonies at high densities, nesting pairs may be in bodily contact with their neighbours. They make no nest, their single egg is incubated on bare rock. Eggs hatch after ~30 days incubation.
Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Chatham Island snipe (Coenocorypha pusilla)
Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) ...
Marbled Murrelet
A small seabird from the Pacific Northwest of North America.
Moa
A huge, extinct, flightless bird from New Zealand.
Common Murre Uria aalge: Protection Island, WA, 06 Aug
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia: Jodrey State Fish Pier, Gloucester Harbor, MA, 29 Jan
Razorbill Alca torda: Andrew's Point, Cape Ann, MA, 29 Jan ...
10-11. Common Murre in Racoon Strait just off Tiburon
12. Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Snowy Egret ...
Flamingos (1)
Murres, Auks & Puffins (3)
Spoonbills & Ibises (1)
Storks (1) ...
The Murrelet. 68(2): 45-49. [64900] 22. Bull, Evelyn L. 1989. Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa). In: Clark, Tim W.; Harvey, Ann H.; Dorn, Robert D.; Genter, David L.; Groves, Craig, eds.
Uria aalge - Common Murre (photo)
Uria lomvia - Thick-billed Murre
Alca
Alca torda - Razorbill
Cepphus
Cepphus grylle - Black Guillemot
Cepphus carbo - Spectackled Guillemot
Pinguinus ...
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a small palegic seabird belonging to the same family as murres and auklets. The Atlantic puffin has a black back, neck, and crown.
Three threatened seabird species (Short-tailed Albatross, Chinese Crested-tern and Japanese Murrelet) breed only in the Asia region, two breed in eastern Asia and in the U.S.A.
Family Alcidae (puffins, murres, auklets, and relatives)
Family Burhinidae (thick-knees)
Family Charadriidae (lapwings and plovers) ...
Schad, G.A., D.A. Leiby, C.H. Duffy, K.D. Murrell, and G.L. Alt. 1986. Trichinella spiralis in the black bear (Ursus americanus) of Pennsylvania: distribution, prevalence, and intensity of infection. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 22:36-41.
There are three species of living puffins: common, horned and tufted. These birds, along with auks, guillemonts, and murres of alcids exist today. Humans hunted the largest member of this family, the great auk, into extinction by 1834.
Van Vuren, D., and M. P. Bray. 1985. The recent geographic distribution of Bison in Oregon. The Murrelet 66(2) 56-58.
Animals: Examples of animals that live in temperate coniferous forests are, deer, marmot, elk, black bear, salmon, spotted owl, marbled murrelet ...
Plovers and Lapwings (CHARADRIIDAE)
Oystercatchers (HAEMATOPODIDAE)
Stilts and Avocets (RECURVIROSTRIDAE)
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (SCOLOPACIDAE)
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (LARIDAE)
Auks, Murres, and Puffins (ALCIDAE) ...
Stilts and Avocets (Family Recurvirostridae)
Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies (Family Scolopacidae)
Gulls and Terns (Family Laridae)
Skuas and Jaegers (Family Stercorariidae)
Auks, Murres and Puffins (Family Alcidae) ...
Channa panaw Musikasinthorn, 1998.
Channa pleurophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851).
Spotted snakehead, Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793).
Assamese snakehead, Channa stewartii (Playfair, 1867).
Snakehead murrel, Channa striata (Bloch, 1793).
 See also: Guillemot, Murrelet, Puffin, Razorbill, Kittiwake
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