Thick-billed murres (Brunich's guillemots) (Uria lomvia, Family Alcidae) Kin clusters, parentage, morphology, and population genetics - |
Like other alcids such as razorbills, dovekies, and murrelets, murres are remarkable seabirds that have can dive to great depths to fish, can fly over a hundred kilometres in a single feeding trip, and have conquered polar waters. Found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, alcids are the ecological equivalent of penguins (Family Spheniscidae, unrelated) from Southern Hemisphere waters. |
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 West subcolony on Coats Island, Nunavut, Canada. |
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