• Synonyms Guillemot/Common Murre, Bering Sea Murre, Murre, Common Guillemot, Guillemot, California Murre, Thin-billed Murre, California Guillemot, Atlantic murre
  • Old latin name for bird Uria troile, Uria alga, Colymbus aalge, Uria troille

Common Murrebird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Tero Linjama
    Norway
  • 2.
    Call, female, male, © Jens Kirkeby
    Norway
  • 3.
    Male, © Andrew Carter
    United Kingdom
  • 4.
    Call, female, male, © david m
    United Kingdom
  • 5.
    Call, female, male, © david m
    United Kingdom
  • 6.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
  • 7.
    Call, female, male, © Jens Kirkeby
    Norway
  • 8.
    Call, song, © Sven Normant
    Norway
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Common Murre

  • Breeding region Eurasia, North America
  • Breeding subregion subarctic to temperate (locally Arctic) n coasts
  • Non breeding region to Virginia in Gulf Stream (w North Atlantic); to Iberian Pen. (e North Atlantic); to n Japan (w North Pacific); to nw Baja California (nw Mexico; e North Pacific)

Common Murre subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Uria aalge aalgecoastal se Canada, sw Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., Scotland, s Norway and Baltic Sea-No
Uria aalge albioniscoastal British Isles, Heligoland (n of Germany), nw France and w Iberian Pen.-No
Uria aalge californicacoastal n Washington to s California (e North Pacific)-No
Uria aalge hyperboreacoastal n Norway to Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia)-No
Uria aalge inornatacoastal Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia), s Kuril Is. (n Japan), Teuri I. (nw of Hokkaido; formerly also Hokkaido; n Japan); Aleutian and Bering Sea is. to w Alaska and sw Canada-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AlbanianGuhaku i zakonshëm verior
BasqueMartin arrunta, Somorgollaire, Martin (arrunt), Martin, Martin arrunt
BelarusianТанкадзюбая кайра
BretonEro beg pik, An erv beg hir, Erev beg hir, Godez beg-pik, Erev beg-pik
BulgarianТънкоклюна кайра
CatalanSomorgollaire, somorgollaire comú, Mongeta, Pingdai becfí
Chinese崖海鸦, 普通海鸦, [ya hai-que], 崖海鴉
Chinese (Traditional)崖海鴉, 崖海鸦, 普通海鴉〔崖海鴉〕, 普通海鸦, 普通海鴉
CornishKyddaw lagas gwyn, Kyddaw
Croatiantankokljuna njorka
Czechalkoun úzkozobý
DanishLomvie
DutchZeekoet
Esperantolongbeka urio
Estonianlõunatirk
FaroeseLomviga, Skjóringur, Lomvigi
Finnishetelänkiisla
FrenchGuillemot marmette, Marmette de Troïl, Marmette commune, Guillemot de Troïl, Guillemot de Troil
FrisianSkoet
Galicianarao común, Arao, Somorgollaire, Arao dos cons
GermanTrottellumme
GreekΛεπτόραμφoς κέπφoς, Λεπτόραμφος Κέπφος
Hebrewאורייה מצויה, אוריה
Hungarianlumma, Vékonycsőrű lumma, Vékonycsoru lumma
IcelandicLangvía
IrishForacha, Muiréan, Éan Aille, Muir eun
ItalianUria, Uria comune
Japaneseウミガラス, ロッペンチョウ, オロロンチョウ
Kazakhкәдімгі қайра
Korean바다오리
LatvianTievknābju kaira, tievknābja kaira, Garknābja kaira
Lithuanianlaibasnapis narūnėlis, Laibasnapis narunelis
MacedonianТенкоклуна норка
MalteseMus Irqiq, Mus Geddumu Rqiq
ManxStronnag, Chennell
Northern SamiLáŋgá, Skárfacielkkis
NorwegianSpissnebbet alke, lomvi
Norwegian NynorskLomvi
Polishnurzyk, Nurzyk podbielały, Nurzyk zwyczajny, Rybitwa białoskrzydła, Rybitwa bialoskrzydla, nurzyk (nurzyk podbielały), nurzyk (zwyczajny)
PortugueseTrinta-reis-miudo, airo-comum, Arau-comum, airo
RomanianGaria, Alcă nordică
RomanshVriel
RussianКайра тонкоклювая, Тонкоклювая кайра, Tonkoklyuvaya Kayra
SerbianTankokljuna njorka
Slovaknorec tenkozobý, Alka tenkozobá
Slovenianozkokljuna lumna, lumna, tenkokljuna lumna
SpanishCharrán chico, Gaviotín chico boreal, Golondrina-marina Minima, Arao común
Swedishsillgrissla
TurkishAlk, yaygın alk
Turkmeninçeçüňk kaýra
Ukrainianкайра тонкодзьоба
WelshArron, Heligog, Hwylog, Gwilym, Gwylog, Gwilyn, Chwilog