Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Subspecies (4)
Anthony J. Gaston and J. Mark Hipfner
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Arñu de Brñnnich |
| Bulgarian | Дебелоклюна кайра |
| Catalan | somorgollaire de Brünnich |
| Croatian | debelokljuna njorka |
| Czech | alkoun tlustozobý |
| Danish | Polarlomvie |
| Dutch | Kortbekzeekoet |
| English | Thick-billed Murre |
| English (UK) | Brünnich's Guillemot |
| English (United States) | Thick-billed Murre |
| Faroese | Íslandslomvigi |
| Finnish | pohjankiisla |
| French | Guillemot de Brünnich |
| French (France) | Guillemot de Brünnich |
| German | Dickschnabellumme |
| Greek | Παγόκεπφος |
| Hebrew | אורייה חייכנית |
| Hungarian | Vastagcsőrű lumma |
| Icelandic | Stuttnefja |
| Japanese | ハシブトウミガラス |
| Korean | 큰부리바다오리 |
| Latvian | Resnknābja kaira |
| Lithuanian | Storasnapis narūnėlis |
| Norwegian | polarlomvi |
| Polish | nurzyk polarny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Airo-de-freio |
| Romanian | Alcă polară |
| Russian | Толстоклювая кайра |
| Serbian | Debelokljuna njorka |
| Slovak | norec hrubozobý |
| Slovenian | Debelokljuna lumna |
| Spanish | Arao de Brünnich |
| Spanish (Spain) | Arao de Brünnich |
| Swedish | spetsbergsgrissla |
| Turkish | Kalın Gagalı Alk |
| Ukrainian | Кайра товстодзьоба |
Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Alca Lomvia
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.130.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Boreal Europe; restricted type locality, Greenland, apud Hartert, antea, p. 1773.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- URIA
- lomvia
- Lomvia
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Thick-billed Murre
