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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
.
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