Large and stocky black-and-white seabird with a thick bill. Nonbreeding birds are dark above and white below with a white throat and lower face.
Stocky seabird with a thick bill and short rounded tail. Nonbreeding birds have white on the throat and the lower part of the face.
Dives from the surface while foraging for schooling fish such as cod and smelt. Also feeds on bottom-dwelling fish, squid, amphipods, and shrimp.
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A large seabird with an upright penguinlike posture on land (or ice). It has a heavy body, a long neck, a streamlined head, and a thick, pointed bill. The wings are long and narrow to help with "flying" underwater.
Slightly larger than a Razorbill, smaller than a Common Loon.
crow-sizedOrnithologists recognize two subspecies: the smaller lomvia, found from eastern Canada to western Russia, and the larger arra from eastern Russia east to western Canada. The lomvia subspecies has brownish tones on the head (often not visible in the field), while most arra have fully black heads and are sometimes called Pallas’s Murre or Pallas’s Guillemot.
Auks, Murres, and Puffins(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Alcidae)
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