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Thick-billed murre

Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) is a species in the family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 936.5 g to 964 g and live up to 25.3 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)
Photo: AWeith · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the thick-billed murre

Weight
936.5 g – 964 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
72.7 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
25.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
29 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
33.3 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
5.1 years – 5.7 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the thick-billed murre?

THICK-BILLED MURRE · WINGSPAN 72.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 72.7 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the thick-billed murre is about 43% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the thick-billed murre live?

Not recorded

What is the thick-billed murre?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). This bird is named after the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich. The very deeply black North Pacific subspecies Uria lomvia arra is also called Pallas' murre after its describer.

From the Wikipedia article “Thick-billed murre” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_murre&oldid=1382491689), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the thick-billed murre endangered?

The thick-billed murre is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the thick-billed murre classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyAlcidae
  6. genusUria
  7. SpeciesUria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Uria brunnichii

Other names and names in other languages (65)
  • Brunnich's guillemotEnglish
  • Brünnich's guillemotEnglish
  • Brünnich's guillemotEnglish
  • Large-billed guillemotEnglish
  • مور سميك المنقارArabic
  • غلموت طويل المنقارArabic
  • مور غليظ المنقارArabic
  • Capucete marino de BrünnichAragonese
  • Дебелоклюна кайраBulgarian
  • Erev-BrünnichBreton
  • somorgollaire de BrünnichCatalan
  • alkoun tlustozobýCzech
  • Gwylog BrünnichWelsh
  • polarlomvieDanish
  • Kortnæbbet LomvieDanish
  • DickschnabellummeGerman
  • ΠαγόκεπφοςGreek
  • Παχύραμφη ουρία του ΜπρούνιχGreek
  • dikbeka urioEsperanto
  • arao de BrunnichSpanish
  • Arao de BrünnichSpanish
  • arao de pico anchoSpanish
  • põhjatirkEstonian
  • lühinokktirkEstonian
  • Ipar-pottorroBasque
  • سینهسفید نوککلفتPersian
  • pohjankiislaFinnish
  • íslandslomvigaFaroese
  • ÍslandslomvigiFaroese
  • guillemot à gros becFrench
  • Guillemot de BrünnichFrench
  • TsjoksnaffelskoetWestern Frisian
  • Foracha brünnichIrish
  • Foracha ghobghearrIrish
  • Stronnag gdünnichScottish Gaelic
  • אורייה חייכניתHebrew
  • vastagcsőrű lummaHungarian
  • StuttnefjaIcelandic
  • Uria di BrunnichItalian
  • Uria di BrünnichItalian
  • ハシブトウミガラスJapanese
  • AppaKalaallisut
  • 큰부리바다오리Korean
  • storasnapis narūnėlisLithuanian
  • resnknābja kairaLatvian
  • DicksnavelseekuutLow German
  • DikbekzeekoetDutch
  • diksnavelige zeekoetDutch
  • kortbekzeekoetDutch
  • polarlomviNorwegian
  • nurzyk polarnyPolish
  • موٹی چنجوالا مریWestern Panjabi
  • airo-de-freioPortuguese
  • толстоклювая кайраRussian
  • JiekŋačielkkisNorthern Sami
  • norec hrubozobýSlovak
  • debelokljuna lumnaSlovenian
  • Debelokljuna njorkaSerbian
  • spetsbergsgrisslaSwedish
  • Kalın Gagalı AlkTurkish
  • ince gagalı dalıcımartıTurkish
  • Кайра товстодзьобаUkrainian
  • Товстодзьоба кайраUkrainian
  • 厚嘴海鴉Chinese
  • 厚嘴崖海鸦Chinese

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Relatives of the thick-billed murre

Other species in the same genus Uria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the thick-billed murre?

An adult thick-billed murre weighs 936.5 g – 964 g and has a wingspan of 72.7 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the thick-billed murre endangered?

The thick-billed murre is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the thick-billed murre live?

The thick-billed murre has a recorded lifespan of 25.3 years.

What kind of animal is the thick-billed murre?

The thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) belongs to the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/thick-billed-murre

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BibTeX
@misc{thick_billed_murre_2026,
  title = {Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thick-billed-murre},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}