Murres

Enlarge text Shrink text
  • Topic
| מספר מערכת 987007553207205171
Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Murres
Other forms of name
Uria
See Also From tracing topical name
Alcidae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q838599
Library of congress: sh 85088644
Sources of Information
  • Britannica Micro.(murre: any of certain black and white seabirds of the genus Uria of the auk family Alcidae)
1 / 7
Wikipedia description:

Uria is a genus of seabirds in the auk family known in Europe as guillemots, in most of North America as murres, and in Newfoundland and Labrador as turr. These are medium-sized birds with mainly brown or black plumage in the breeding season. They breed on the coasts of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Read more on Wikipedia >