"will, willem" begging calls of the newly fledged young of the common guillemot. The American name murre, also known from England (particularly Cornwall) from the 17th century, is by contrast, onomatopoeic of the growling call of adult common guillemots.

Systematics

Uria

*Common murre or common guillemot, Uria aalge
*Thick-billed murre or Brünnich's guillemot, Uria lomvia

Some prehistoric

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