Common Murre - Uria aalge

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Uria aalge
Author (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176974
Common Names English: Common Murre
French: Guillemot marmette
Spanish: Arao común
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
            Genus: Uria
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Uria aalge aalge
Subspecies: Uria aalge albionis
Subspecies: Uria aalge californica
Subspecies: Uria aalge hyperborea
Subspecies: Uria aalge inornata
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#176974
StatusIUCN:LC
#records226,552
#datasets42
Years1966 - 2010
Latitudes31.97 - 74.25
Longitudes-179.10 - 179.78