40.5 cm
67.5 cm
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by representative foot-baseline-to-crown standing size; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.
Adult Common Murre
An adult Common Murre in breeding plumage, shown in its natural upright standing posture and in head-on flight. Representative anchors are 0.405 m standing size and 0.675 m full wingspan.
Dimensions
- Height
- 40.5 cm
- Width
- 67.5 cm
- Weight
- 990 g
Quick facts
- Body length
- 38–43 cm
- Wingspan
- 64–71 cm
- Weight
- 800–1,125 g
- Species
- Uria aalge
Adult Common Murre · Size infographic
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Sources and measurement33 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
The upright side view and head-on flight use separate pose-appropriate anchors.