Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
The Black Guillemot is distributed in northern Europe and around the fringes of the Arctic Ocean in North America and Siberia.
Black guillemot Cepphus grylle
Identification Tips:
Length: 10.5 inches
Sexes similar
Immature like basic adult but has mottled wing patch
Medium sized alcid that dives for food from water surface
Thin, dark bill ...
Black Guillemot
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search ...
Black Guillemots generally feed near shore, diving to the sea bed where they probe for fish and invertebrates among rocky recesses and vegetation in the shallow water.
Black Guillemot Juvenile - The juvenile Black Guillemot is mottled black and white overall.
.
Black Guillemots breed, usually in colonies, along rocky shores on coastal cliffs and at their base amongst boulders. They also uses artificial sites such as holes in breakwaters. The nest is just a cup of small stones.
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus)
Status Common resident. Breeds. In summer it is common only around its widely distributed nesting colonies on the coast; elsewhere it is rare.
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
THE BLACK GUILLEMOT.
[Black Guillemot.]
URIA GRYLLE, Linn.
[Cepphus grylle.] ...
Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylle
Back Guillemot
The Black Guillemot frequently seen on the east coast is hard to distinguish from the Pigeon Guillemot of the west coast.
Black guillemot
Its striking black and white plumage and bright red feet make it easy to identify in summer. Unlike most other European auks the black guillemot is typically found in ones and twos, scattered around ... More...
Guillemot ...
Black Guillemot or Tystie, Cepphus grylle
Pigeon Guillemot, Cepphus columba
Spectacled Guillemot, Cepphus carbo
As in other genera of auks, fossils of prehistoric forms of Cepphus have been found: ...
BLACK GUILLEMOT - 1 adult in breeding plumage flew past us rather close
to shore while scanning offshore from Odiorne Point.
Common Eider - 7 chicks from Pulpit Rocks with 3 females.
The black guillemot, or trystie, Cephus grylle, is about 13 in. (33 cm) long and is very striking in its breeding plumage, being entirely black from bill to tail except for large white wing patches and bright red legs.
Arctic cod eat smaller animals such as crustaceans (shrimp, etc.) and are eaten by many animals including: ringed seals, harp seals, narwhals, beluga whales, thick-billed murres, black guillemots and more! ...
Cepphus grylle - Black Guillemot
Cepphus carbo - Spectackled Guillemot
Pinguinus
Pinguinus impennis - Great Auk (extinct)
Alle
Alle alle - Little Auk
Fratercula
Fratercula arctica - Atlantic Puffin ...
 See also: Guillemot, Puffin, Razorbill, Murre, Gannet
|
