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{{Taxonomy
{{Taxonomy
|name=Common Murre
|name=Common murre
|image=
|image=CommonMurre.jpg
|caption=
|caption=
|domain=Eukaryota
|domain=Eukaryota
|subclass=Neornithes
|subclass=Neornithes
|infraclass=Neoaves
|infraclass=Neoaves
|superorder=Passerimorphae
|superorder=Charadriimorphae
|order=Charadriiformes
|order=Charadriiformes
|suborder=
|suborder=
|genus=Uria
|genus=Uria
|subgenus=
|subgenus=
|species=U. alge
|species=U. aalge
|binomialname=
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The '''common murre''' (''Uria alge'') is a sea [[bird]]. After only 14–20 days on the ledge, the young murre leaps into the sea (before it can even fly) and swims away from the colony, normally accompanied by its [[father]].<ref>http://www.beachconnection.net/news/murr1006_2314.htm</ref>
The '''common murre''', also known as the '''common guillemot''' or '''thin-billed murre''' (''Uria aalge'') is a species of sea [[bird]] of the family Alcidae, and found in the low-Arctic waters and coastlines of the north Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
==Description==
The common murre is medium-sized, about 15–18 inches in length, a wingspan of 24–29 inches, and weigh between 2 to 2.7 pounds. Plumage above is dark brown to black, from the head to the back and wings; the underside of the body is white. Their long dark beak is thin and pointed, tail is short and rounded. Some individuals from the North Atlantic have the so-called "bridled" shape, with a thin white eye circle and a white line that stretches behind the eye. Winter plumage is almost identical except that the throat and cheeks turn white and a dark line appears behind the eye. Males are indistinguishable from females.
===Subspecies===
*''Uria aalge aalge''; eastern North America to the Baltic Sea, Norway, and Svalbard to northern Russia (Novaya Zemlya)
*''Uria aalge albionis''; British Isles to western Iberian Peninsula; Heligoland archipelago
*''Uria aalge californica''; United States: Washington state to southern California
*''Uria aalge inornata''; Korea, Japan and Russia (Kamchatka) to Bering Sea and Canada (British Columbia)
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Auks]]
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Auks]]