Common Murre / Uria aalge LC
- 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
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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)
- Algeria
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Canada
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greenland
- Guernsey
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- North Korea
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- South Korea
- Spain
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Western Sahara
- Åland Islands
Common Murre subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uria aalge aalge | coastal se Canada, sw Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., Scotland, s Norway and Baltic Sea | - | No |
| Uria aalge albionis | coastal British Isles, Heligoland (n of Germany), nw France and w Iberian Pen. | - | No |
| Uria aalge californica | coastal n Washington to s California (e North Pacific) | - | No |
| Uria aalge hyperborea | coastal n Norway to Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia) | - | No |
| Uria aalge inornata | coastal 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
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Guhaku i zakonshëm verior |
| Basque | Martin arrunta, Somorgollaire, Martin (arrunt), Martin, Martin arrunt |
| Belarusian | Танкадзюбая кайра |
| Breton | Ero beg pik, An erv beg hir, Erev beg hir, Godez beg-pik, Erev beg-pik |
| Bulgarian | Тънкоклюна кайра |
| Catalan | Somorgollaire, 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 |
| Cornish | Kyddaw lagas gwyn, Kyddaw |
| Croatian | tankokljuna njorka |
| Czech | alkoun úzkozobý |
| Danish | Lomvie |
| Dutch | Zeekoet |
| Esperanto | longbeka urio |
| Estonian | lõunatirk |
| Faroese | Lomviga, Skjóringur, Lomvigi |
| Finnish | etelänkiisla |
| French | Guillemot marmette, Marmette de Troïl, Marmette commune, Guillemot de Troïl, Guillemot de Troil |
| Frisian | Skoet |
| Galician | arao común, Arao, Somorgollaire, Arao dos cons |
| German | Trottellumme |
| Greek | Λεπτόραμφoς κέπφoς, Λεπτόραμφος Κέπφος |
| Hebrew | אורייה מצויה, אוריה |
| Hungarian | lumma, Vékonycsőrű lumma, Vékonycsoru lumma |
| Icelandic | Langvía |
| Irish | Foracha, Muiréan, Éan Aille, Muir eun |
| Italian | Uria, Uria comune |
| Japanese | ウミガラス, ロッペンチョウ, オロロンチョウ |
| Kazakh | кәдімгі қайра |
| Korean | 바다오리 |
| Latvian | Tievknābju kaira, tievknābja kaira, Garknābja kaira |
| Lithuanian | laibasnapis narūnėlis, Laibasnapis narunelis |
| Macedonian | Тенкоклуна норка |
| Maltese | Mus Irqiq, Mus Geddumu Rqiq |
| Manx | Stronnag, Chennell |
| Northern Sami | Láŋgá, Skárfacielkkis |
| Norwegian | Spissnebbet alke, lomvi |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Lomvi |
| Polish | nurzyk, Nurzyk podbielały, Nurzyk zwyczajny, Rybitwa białoskrzydła, Rybitwa bialoskrzydla, nurzyk (nurzyk podbielały), nurzyk (zwyczajny) |
| Portuguese | Trinta-reis-miudo, airo-comum, Arau-comum, airo |
| Romanian | Garia, Alcă nordică |
| Romansh | Vriel |
| Russian | Кайра тонкоклювая, Тонкоклювая кайра, Tonkoklyuvaya Kayra |
| Serbian | Tankokljuna njorka |
| Slovak | norec tenkozobý, Alka tenkozobá |
| Slovenian | ozkokljuna lumna, lumna, tenkokljuna lumna |
| Spanish | Charrán chico, Gaviotín chico boreal, Golondrina-marina Minima, Arao común |
| Swedish | sillgrissla |
| Turkish | Alk, yaygın alk |
| Turkmen | inçeçüňk kaýra |
| Ukrainian | кайра тонкодзьоба |
| Welsh | Arron, Heligog, Hwylog, Gwilym, Gwylog, Gwilyn, Chwilog |




















