Uria
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For other uses, see Uria (disambiguation).
"Murre" redirects here. Not to be confused with Murree.
For ships named Murre, see MV Murre and NOAAS Murre II.
Uria is a genus of seabirds in the auk family known in Europe 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.
Quick Facts Uria, Scientific classification ...
Uria | |
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Common murre between two thick-billed murres | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Alcidae |
Genus: | Uria Brisson, 1760 |
Type species | |
Colymbus aalge Pontoppidan, 1763 | |
Species | |
Uria aalge |
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