WoRMS taxon details
Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)
137134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137134)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Uria lomvia arra (Pallas, 1811)
- Subspecies Uria lomvia eleonorae Portenko, 1937
- Subspecies Uria lomvia heckeri Portenko, 1944
- Subspecies Uria lomvia lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic
Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic [details]
WoRMS (2026). Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137134 on 2026-06-29
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
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. [details]
additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]
additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions Length: 18" (46 cm) [details]Distribution North America; range extends throughout the Canadian Atlantic [details]
Reproduction Breeds on the arctic islands and coasts of North America and Eurasia and south to Newfoundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and northern Russia. Winters as far north as there is open water and south on the Atlantic coast to the mid-Atlantic States, the Great Lakes and on the Pacific to British Columbia, in Europe to northern France and the Baltic. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | polarlomvie | [details] |
| Dutch | kortbekzeekoetdiksnavelige zeekoet | [details] |
| English | thick-billed murreBrünnich's guillemot | [details] |
| French | guillemot à gros bec | [details] |
| German | Dickschnabellumme | [details] |
| Japanese | ハシブトウミガラス | [details] |
| Lithuanian | storasnapis narūnėlis | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Παχύραμφη ουρία του Μπρούνιχ | [details] |
| Norwegian | polarlomvi | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | polarlomvi | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | polarlomvi | [details] |
| Polish | nurzyk polarny | [details] |
| Russian | толстоклювая кайра | [details] |
| Slovenian | debelokljuna lumna | [details] |
| Spanish | arao de pico anchoarao de Brunnich | [details] |
| Swedish | spetsbergsgrissla | [details] |
| Turkish | ince gagalı dalıcımartı | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Товстодзьоба кайраКайра товстодзьоба | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (546 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uria lomvia)
To GenBank (10838 nucleotides; 1363 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (546 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uria lomvia)
To GenBank (10838 nucleotides; 1363 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
