Thick Billed Murre Gallery

Arctic sea cliffs

Arctic sea cliffs, a sanctuary for seabirds which roost in their thousands from May to mid-September. Species include Thick-billed murres, Northern fulmars and Kittiwakes. Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada

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Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)

Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia), taking off from water. Burgerbukta Fjord, Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norwegian Arctic, Norway

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Uria lomvia, thick-billed murre

Plate 245 from John James Audubon's Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London. Date

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