Thick-billed Murre Photo Gallery
Nonbreeding adult/immature
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.
© Lucas Bobay / Macaulay LibraryNorth Carolina, January 17, 2015Nonbreeding adult/immature
Stocky seabird with a thick bill and short rounded tail. Nonbreeding birds have white on the throat and the lower part of the face.
© Ryan Schain / Macaulay LibraryMassachusetts, December 16, 2011Breeding
Dives from the surface while foraging for schooling fish such as cod and smelt. Also feeds on bottom-dwelling fish, squid, amphipods, and shrimp.
© DAVID BROWN / Macaulay LibraryNunavut, June 08, 2005Not all videos have soundBreeding adult
Stocky seabird that typically flies just above surface.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryAlaska, August 30, 2004Breeding adult
Nests along coastal cliffs in colonies. Black above and white below with a thin white line extending from the base of the bill. Note silver wing linings on underwings.
© Sonja Ross / Macaulay LibraryChukotka Autonomous Okrug, August 18, 2015Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Auks, Murres, and Puffins(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Alcidae)
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