Guillemot
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Family | Alcidae |
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Scientific name | Uria |
Length | Thick-billed murre |
Rank | Genus |
Higher classification | Auk |
Mass | Common murre |
Thick-billed murre | |
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ID | 2347314 |
About Guillemot
Uria is a genus of seabirds in the auk family known in Britain as guillemots, in most of North America as murres, and in Newfoundland and Labrador as turr. These are medium-sized birds with mainly brown or black plumage in the breeding season. They breed on the coasts of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.