Brünnich's guillemot

E530941
animal auk bird species

Brünnich's guillemot is a northern seabird species in the auk family, known for nesting in dense colonies on Arctic sea cliffs and diving to great depths to feed on fish and invertebrates.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Brünnich’s guillemot 1
thick-billed murre 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animal ⓘ
auk ⓘ
bird species ⓘ
billType thick bill ⓘ
bodyLength about 40–48 cm ⓘ
breedsInArea Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Svalbard NERFINISHED ⓘ
breedsInCountry Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greenland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
breedsInRegion Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ
subarctic regions ⓘ
canDiveToDepth over 100 meters ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
clutchSize 1 egg ⓘ
colonyDensity high ⓘ
commonName Brünnich's guillemot NERFINISHED ⓘ
thick-billed murre NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
eggColor variable with markings ⓘ
family Alcidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
foragingStrategy pursuit diving ⓘ
genus Uria NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
pack ice edges ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ
hasConservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migrationPattern partially migratory ⓘ
namedAfter Morten Thrane Brünnich NERFINISHED ⓘ
nestsInColonies true ⓘ
nestType bare rock ledge ⓘ
order Charadriiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
overwintersInRegion North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumage black upperparts and white underparts in breeding season ⓘ
more mottled and dusky in non-breeding season ⓘ
scientificName Uria lomvia NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat bycatch in fisheries ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
oil pollution ⓘ
usedAsFoodBy Indigenous Arctic peoples ⓘ
wingspan about 64–73 cm ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve → habitatFor → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brünnich’s guillemot
Sør-Spitsbergen National Park → hasBirdSpecies → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Varanger Peninsula → hasBirdSpecies → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve → hasBreedingColoniesOf → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Forlandet National Park → hasImportantSpecies → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Walrus Island → hasWildlife → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
this entity surface form: thick-billed murre