Brünnich's guillemot

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Brünnich's guillemot is a northern seabird species in the auk family, known for nesting in dense colonies on Arctic sea cliffs and diving to great depths to feed on fish and invertebrates.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Brünnich's guillemot canonical 5
thick-billed murre 4
Brünnich’s guillemot 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animal ⓘ
auk ⓘ
bird species ⓘ
billType thick bill ⓘ
bodyLength about 40–48 cm ⓘ
breedsInArea Barents Sea ⓘ
Bering Sea ⓘ
Svalbard ⓘ
breedsInCountry Canada ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
breedsInRegion Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

subarctic regions ⓘ
canDiveToDepth over 100 meters ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
clutchSize 1 egg ⓘ
colonyDensity high ⓘ
commonName Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
thick-billed murre ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
eggColor variable with markings ⓘ
family Alcidae ⓘ
foragingStrategy pursuit diving ⓘ
genus Uria ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
pack ice edges ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ
hasConservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migrationPattern partially migratory ⓘ
namedAfter Morten Thrane Brünnich ⓘ
nestsInColonies true ⓘ
nestType bare rock ledge ⓘ
order Charadriiformes ⓘ
overwintersInRegion North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: North Atlantic

North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumage black upperparts and white underparts in breeding season ⓘ
more mottled and dusky in non-breeding season ⓘ
scientificName Uria lomvia ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat bycatch in fisheries ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
oil pollution ⓘ
usedAsFoodBy Indigenous Arctic peoples ⓘ
wingspan about 64–73 cm ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sør-Spitsbergen National Park → hasBirdSpecies → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve → habitatFor → Brünnich’s guillemot ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot
Forlandet National Park → hasImportantSpecies → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Varanger Peninsula → hasBirdSpecies → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Walrus Island → hasWildlife → thick-billed murre ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot
Russian Arctic protected areas → protectsSpecies → Brünnich’s guillemot ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot
Bylot Island → isBreedingSiteFor → thick-billed murre ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot
Brünnich's guillemot → commonName → Brünnich's guillemot ⓘ
Brünnich's guillemot → commonName → thick-billed murre ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot
Witless Bay Ecological Reserve → habitatFor → thick-billed murre ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot
common murre → commonName → thin-billed murre ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot
Hornøya → hostsSpecies → Brünnich’s guillemot ⓘ
linked to: Brünnich's guillemot