Common Murre
Uria aalge
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The common murre or common guillemot is a large auk, one of several species called murre or guillemot. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Alcidae
- Genus
- Uria