murres
Black-and-white auks
Murres are seabirds of the auk family, found in northern oceans.
Black and white with pointed bills, they nest in dense colonies on cliff ledges and spend most of their lives at sea.
The two species—common murre and thick-billed murre—dive deep to catch fish.
The cliffs were crowded with nesting murres.
Dependent territorial settlement
- cliffVertical rock wall
- ledgeProjecting horizontal surface
- rookeryCommunal bird nesting site
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
egg · guano · precipice · sea cliff · rockface · crag · fledgling · chick
Northern diving seabird
- guillemotAuk of northern coasts
- razorbillNorth Atlantic auk species
- puffinStocky auk, bright beak
- black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
plumage · feathers · beak · webbed feet · streamlined · wings · waterproof · countershading
Sudden steep descent
- depthDistance below surface
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
- swimMove through water
fish · foraging · buoyancy · prey · capelin · herring · krill · pelagic
Of extreme latitudes
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- icebergFloating glacial fragment
- Bering SeaNorth Pacific marginal sea
subarctic · boreal · permafrost · sea ice · cold-water · northern · circumpolar · Labrador
colony
Dependent territorial settlement
breeding · egg · guano · precipice · sea cliff · rockface · crag · fledgling · chick · incubation
auk
Northern diving seabird
black-and-white · plumage · feathers · beak · webbed feet · streamlined · wings · waterproof · countershading · breeding plumage
plunge
Sudden steep descent
- depthDistance below surface
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
swim · fish · foraging · buoyancy · prey · capelin · herring · krill · pelagic · marine
polar
Of extreme latitudes
Bering Sea · subarctic · boreal · permafrost · sea ice · cold-water · northern · circumpolar · Labrador · Newfoundland
murrespenguins
Flightless aquatic seabirds
emperor penguin · emperor penguins · great auk · king penguin · king penguins