528A - Birds - Thick-billed Murre

Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich’s Guillemot (uria lomvia) is a coastal bird in the auk family. Adult birds are black on the head with white underparts. These birds breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs, their single egg being laid directly on a cliff ledge. They are mostly to be found in Látrabjarg and Hornbjarg in the Westfiords. Most guillemots are in Iceland from April until early August. The breeding stock numbers around 600.000 pairs.