Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Alcoidea > Family Alcidae > Genus Uria

Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Uria*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alca lomvia*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: polarlomvie sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: diksnavelige zeekoet; kortbekzeekoet sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Brünnich's guillemot; thick-billed murre sources: Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: guillemot à gros bec sources: De Coninck, L. A. P. (1938): Scientific results of Prof. Dr. P. Van Oye's expedition in Iceland. II observations ornithologiques. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 5: 234-264

German: Dickschnabellumme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Παχύραμφη ουρία του Μπρούνιχ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ハシブトウミガラス sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: storasnapis narūnėlis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: polarlomvi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: polarlomvi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: polarlomvi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: nurzyk polarny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: толстоклювая кайра sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: debelokljuna lumna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: arao de Brunnich; arao de pico ancho sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: spetsbergsgrissla sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: ince gagalı dalıcımartı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Кайра товстодзьоба; Товстодзьоба кайра

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.