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

Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Colymbus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Uria*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Colymbus aalge*	Pontoppidan, 1763	objective synonym

Children

Uria aalge albionis Witherby, 1923

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: dunsnavelige zeekoet; zeekoet 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;Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

English: (southern and northern) guillemot; common guillemot; common murre; guillemot; northern guillemot 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;Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Common Guillemot; Guillemot; Northern Guillemot sources: Charles Hussey

French: guillemot à capuchon; guillemot de Troïl 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;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: foracha sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Foracha

German: dumme Lumme; Trottellumme 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;Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

Icelandic: langvîa 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

Irish: Foracha sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: lomvi sources: Den danske atlas 1 p. 621 pl. 26

Norwegian Nynorsk: lomvi sources: Den danske atlas 1 p. 621 pl. 26

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

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

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

Scottish: foracha sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Spanish, Castillian: arao común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Ukrainian: Кайра тонкодзьоба; Тонкодзьоба кайра sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylog

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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	Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Report Natural History Archive 1990 [Verslag Natuurhistorisch Archief 1990]. De Strandvlo 11(3): 65-75
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (565 nucleotides; 394 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763). 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:137133

Drs Cees Roselaar. Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96972