Thick-billed Murre
Uria lomvia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyAlcidae (Auks, Murres, and Puffins)
- GenusUria (Murres)
- SpeciesUria lomvia (Thick-billed Murre)
Closest Relatives at Acadia National Park
Common Murre
Uria aalge
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle
Razorbill
Alca torda
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Dovekie
Alle alle
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
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 | |
| 2 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 3 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Katmai National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Thick-billed Murre in Acadia National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Thick-billed Murre sighting in Acadia National Park, based on 44 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
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.