Thick-billed Murre bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBrünnich's Guillemot, Thick-billed Murre/Brunnich's Guillemot, Thick-billed Guillemot, Brünnich's Murre, Brunnich's Murre, Bunnich's Guillemot, Brunnich's Guillemot, Pallas's Murre
Old latin name for birdAlca lomvia
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilyAuks / Alcidae
GenusUria
Breeding regionEurasia, North America
Breeding subregionHolArctic, high and low Arctic (locally temperate) coasts
Non breeding regions of pack-ice, to coastal New York

Thick-billed Murre bird sounds *

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    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
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    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
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    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
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    Call, © Ryan P. O'Donnell
    United States
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    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    United States
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    Call and wing flutter., © Ryan P. O'Donnell
    United States
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    Call, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Norway
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    Call, flight call, song, © Thomas Sacher
    Norway
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    Call, © Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov
    Russian Federation
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Thick-billed Murre

Thick-billed Murre subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Uria lomvia arracoastal Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia), Aleutian Is., w, se Alaska, n Yukon (nw Canada)-No
Uria lomvia eleonoraecoastal e Taymyr Pen. to New Siberia Is. (nc Russia)-No
Uria lomvia heckeriWrangel and Herald is. (n of ne Siberia) and Chukchi Pen. (ne Siberia)-No
Uria lomvia lomviacoastal ne, se Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen (ne of Iceland), n Scandinavia, Svalbard (n of Norway) to Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AlbanianGuhaku i trashë verior
BasqueIpar-martin
BelarusianТоўстадзюбая кайра
BretonErev-Brünnich
BulgarianДебелоклюна кайра
CatalanGavotí, somorgollaire de Brünnich
Chinese厚嘴海鸦, 厚嘴崖海鸦, [hou-zui ya-hai-que]
Chinese (Traditional)厚嘴崖海鴉, 厚嘴海鴉
Croatiandebelokljuna njorka
Czechalkoun tlustozobý
DanishPolarlomvie, Kortnæbbet lomvie
DutchKortbekzeekoet, Dikbekzeekoet, Kortsnavelzeekoet
Esperantodikbeka aûko, Dikbeka urio
Estonianpõhjatirk
FaroeseÍslandslomvigi, Íslandslomviga
Finnishpohjankiisla
FrenchMarmette de Brünnich, Guillemot de Brünnich
FrisianTjoksnaffelskoet
GalicianArao bicudo
GermanDickschnabellumme, Dickschabellumme
GreekΠαγόκεπφος, Iσλαvδικός κέπφoς
Hebrewאוריה חיכנית, אורייה חייכנית
Hungarianvastagcsőrű lumma, Vastagcsoru lumma
IcelandicStuttnefja
InuktitutAkpa, Appa
IrishForacha ghobghearr, Foracha Brünnich
ItalianUria di Brunnich, Uria di Bruennich, Uria di Brünnich
Japaneseハシブトウミガラス
Kazakhқалың тұмсықты қайра, жұқатұмсық қайра
Korean흰줄부리바다오리, 흰줄부리바다오리 / 큰부리바다오리, 큰부리바다오리
LatvianLumme, Resnknābju kaira, Īsknābja kaira, resnknābja kaira
Lithuanianstorasnapis narūnėlis
MacedonianДебелоклуна норка
ManxStronnag Brünnich
Northern SamiHálkacielkkis, Jiekŋačielkkis
NorwegianSpitsberglomvi, Polarlomvi, polarlomvi
Norwegian NynorskPolarlomvi
PolishNurzyk Brunnicha, Nurzyk, nurzyk polarny
Portugueseairo-de-freio, Arau de Brünnich, Airo de Brünnich, airo de brunnich
RomanianGaria cu cioc gros
RussianTolstoklyuvaya Kayra, Кайра толстоклювая, Толстоклювая кайра
SerbianDebelokljuna njorka
Slovaknorec hrubozobý, Alka hrubozobá
Sloveniandebelokljuna lumna
SpanishArao de Pico Ancho, Arao de Bruennich, Arao de Brünnich
Swedishspetsbergsgrissla
TurkishKalın Gagalı Alk, Kalın-gagalı Alk
Turkmenýogynçüňk kaýra
Ukrainianкайра товстодзьоба
WelshGwylog Brünnich