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 Vatnajokull National Park
Common Murre
Uria aalge
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Razorbill
Alca torda
Dovekie
Alle alle
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
📅 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 Vatnajokull National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Thick-billed Murre sighting in Vatnajokull National Park, based on 10 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Thick-billed Murre in Vatnajokull National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Thick-billed Murre in Vatnajokull National Park in our monthly data.