Common Murre
Uria aalge

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– large alcid, roughly size of a pigeon
– diurnal migrant
– migrates in small to medium flocks in a line close to the water surface
– sometimes mixed with other alcids

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., BREED
BIF1280, 16/05/2010, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., BREED
BIF1281, 05/07/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., BREED
BIF1282, 05/07/2009, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., NBREED -> BREED, note oil-stained on belly
BIF1401, 14/04/2010, North Sea, offshore, Michael Heiß


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., NBREED
BIF1300, 03/11/2016, North Sea, offhore, Roland Neumann


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., BREED
BIF1283, 02/03/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., BREED
BIF1284, 03/03/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., NBREED
Razorbill Alca torda ssp., NBREED
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
BIF1285, 15/11/2011, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., BREED
BIF1402, 14/04/2010, North Sea, offshore, Michael Heiß


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., NBREED
BIF1403, 28/01/2011, North Sea, offshore, Michael Heiß


Common Murre Uria aalge ssp., BREED
BIF1404, 28/01/2011, North Sea, offshore, Michael Heiß

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– usually nonvocal during migration

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Atlantic Puffin (v)
Black Guillemot (v)
Razorbill (v)
Little Auk (v)
Thick-billed Murre (v)

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