Thick-billed Murre
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Thick-billed Murre

Uria lomvia

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park
325 Verified records at Kenai Fjords National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). This bird is named after the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich. The very deeply black North Pacific subspecies Uria lomvia arra is also called Pallas' murre after its describer. Wikipedia →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Murre sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 325 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kenai Fjords National Park

Common Murre
LC

Common Murre

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uria aalge

70–80% · Very likely
Horned Puffin
LC

Horned Puffin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fratercula corniculata

70–80% · Very likely
Tufted Puffin
LC

Tufted Puffin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fratercula cirrhata

70–80% · Very likely
Rhinoceros Auklet
LC

Rhinoceros Auklet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cerorhinca monocerata

60–70% · Likely
Pigeon Guillemot
LC

Pigeon Guillemot

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cepphus columba

60–70% · Likely
Marbled Murrelet
EN

Marbled Murrelet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Brachyramphus marmoratus

60–70% · Likely
Kittlitz's Murrelet
NT

Kittlitz's Murrelet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Brachyramphus brevirostris

50–60% · Likely
Parakeet Auklet
LC

Parakeet Auklet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aethia psittacula

50–60% · Likely
Ancient Murrelet
LC

Ancient Murrelet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Synthliboramphus antiquus

50–60% · Likely
Cassin's Auklet
NT

Cassin's Auklet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ptychoramphus aleuticus

Insufficient data
Black-legged Kittiwake
VU

Black-legged Kittiwake

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Rissa tridactyla

70–80% · Very likely
Glaucous-winged Gull
LC

Glaucous-winged Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus glaucescens

70–80% · Very likely

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
40–50
Feb
30–40
Mar
40–50
Apr
10–20
May
50–60
Jun
30–40
Jul
30–40
Aug
20–30
Sep
40–50
Oct
40–50
Nov
40–50
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
2 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
<5%
3 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
5 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
6 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
7 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Thick-billed Murre in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 44% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Murre sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 325 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Thick-billed Murre in Kenai Fjords National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Thick-billed Murre in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.

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