Murres
Uria
Uria is a genus of seabirds in the auk family known in Britain as guillemots, in most of North America as murres, and in Newfoundland and Labrador as turr. These are medium-sized birds with mainly brown or black plumage in the breeding season. They breed on the coasts of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Common Murre
speciesUria aalge
Thick-billed Murre
speciesUria lomvia
Common × Thick-billed Murre
hybridUria aalge × lomvia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Itinerary, Voyage or Ship-travel to the East or Portuguese Indies
Jan Huyghen van Linschoten · 1595 · p.209
Kircher: China Illustrata (1667)
Athanasius Kircher · 1667 · p.254
Itinerary: Voyage to the East or Portuguese Indies
Jan Huyghen van Linschoten · 1596 · p.169
Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1623 · p.195
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.509
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.381
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.116
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.117
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.525
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.197
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.198
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.672
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4515.