Thick-billed Murre
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Thick-billed Murre

Uria lomvia

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Acadia National Park
44 Verified records at Acadia National Park
January 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 →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Murre sighting in Acadia National Park, based on 44 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Acadia National Park

Common Murre
LC

Common Murre

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Uria aalge

<5% · Rare
Black Guillemot
LC

Black Guillemot

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cepphus grylle

30–40% · Possible
Razorbill
LC

Razorbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Alca torda

<5% · Rare
Atlantic Puffin

Atlantic Puffin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fratercula arctica

<5% · Rare
Dovekie
LC

Dovekie

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Alle alle

<5% · Rare
American Herring Gull
LC

American Herring Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus smithsonianus

70–80% · Very likely
Great Black-backed Gull
LC

Great Black-backed Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus marinus

40–50% · Likely
Ring-billed Gull
LC

Ring-billed Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Larus delawarensis

20–30% · Possible
Laughing Gull
LC

Laughing Gull

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Leucophaeus atricilla

10–20% · With luck
Common Tern
LC

Common Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sterna hirundo

10–20% · With luck
Spotted Sandpiper
LC

Spotted Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis macularius

5–10% · With luck
Greater Yellowlegs
NT

Greater Yellowlegs

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa melanoleuca

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
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 Acadia National Park?

About 0% of wildlife watchers report a Thick-billed Murre sighting in Acadia National Park, based on 44 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

January has the highest sighting rate for Thick-billed Murre in Acadia National Park in our monthly data.

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