Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Alcidae > Genus Uria

Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Alca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

UriaBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Alca lomvia Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): polarlomvi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 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)
 English-United States: Brünnich's Guillemot sources: Charles Hussey
 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
 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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130
 Norwegian Nynorsk: polarlomvi sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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; İnce gagalı dalıcımartı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Turkish PESI focal point
 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

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

Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983

additional source

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.

additional source

Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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

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.

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

Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.

additional source

ITIS database

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (78 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (518 publications)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137134

Drs Cees Roselaar. Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96974

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137134
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96974

Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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