A crow-sized bird with set-back legs which make it stand upright like a penguin, the murre breeds in colonies on Arctic cliff ledges.
In 1785, explorers found in Tahiti an odd, crow-sized bird with a flute-like cry.
The crow-sized bird, which has an orange-red bill and makes a sound like a trumpet, was found by Filipino wildlife biologist Carmela Espaola during a rain-forest expedition.