Murres
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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)
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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.
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