Guillemot (Uria aalge)
The Guillemot is distributed around the north Atlantic and north Pacific with breeding colonies mainly on rocky cliffs around the coast.
Guillemot
Guillemot: Uria aalge
Distribution: In Europe it is found on the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles and Brittany and elsewhere in Iceland, Alaska, Newfoundland and one spot on the coast of Greenland.
Guillemots
The Guillemots comprise two genera of auks: Uria and Cepphus.
Back Guillemot
The Black Guillemot frequently seen on the east coast is hard to distinguish from the Pigeon Guillemot of the west coast. Both are black with striking white wing patches and hard to miss bright red feet and legs.
Guillemot
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(gl´mt´´), northern sea bird, genus Cephas, of the auk family. The black guillemot, or trystie, Cephus grylle, is about 13 in.
Guillemot, Common aka Guillemot aka Common Murre Uria aalge Found: north parts of North America, Europe
Photographed by: 1 - 7) Dick Daniels in Scotland 8) Tom Curtis
4) Brindled variant 8) Chick
Genus Fratercula ...
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
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 Cepphus grylle
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Black Guillemot
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The Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) is a bird of the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to southern California.
Guillemots are the most common auk found in the British Isles. During spring these perky seabirds gather in massive and tightly packed breeding colonies, known as loomeries, on coastal cliffs and rock stacks.
Guillemots are best seen at the nesting colonies, from March to the end of July.
What they eat
Fish and crustaceans ...
The Guillemots pair during their migrations;--many of them at least do so.
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: Call is a weak, high-pitched whistle of "peeee."
Similar Species
Black Guillemot: Pigeon Guillemot has dark wing linings and axillaries, and black bar on white shoulder patch.
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.
Pigeon Guillemot - Cepphus columba.
Pigeon guillemots (Cepphus columba) belong to the auk family, a group of birds that includes guillemots, puffins, auklets, and murrelets.
Kurile Guillemot (snowi), Sea Pigeon
Bird Family :
Alcidae - Auks, dovekie, murres, guillemots, auklets, murrelets & puffins ...
Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) ...
5 Guillemots
25 Petrels:
Procellaria parkinsoni Parkinson's petrel
Procellaria westlandica Westland petrel
Pseudobulweria becki Beck's petrel
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi Fiji petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata Tahiti petrelv ...
3. Pigeon Guillemot - note those red feet, the inside of his mouth is the same color
4. Roadrunner
5. Barn Owl ...
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle: Jodrey State Fish Pier, Gloucester Harbor, MA, 29 Jan
PIGEON GUILLEMOT Cepphus columba: Seattle, WA, 04 Aug
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata: whale watching from Newport Harbor, CA 04 Jan ...
Cepphus grylle - Black Guillemot
Cepphus carbo - Spectackled Guillemot
Pinguinus
Pinguinus impennis - Great Auk (extinct)
Alle
Alle alle - Little Auk
Fratercula
Fratercula arctica - Atlantic Puffin ...
Thick-billed Murre (known as Brünnich's Guillemot in the UK) is seen about once a decade in NC, but almost never relocated.
A special interest attaches to the great auk (Alca impennis), owing to its recent extinction and the value of its eggs to collectors. (See GAREFOWL; also GUILLEMOT, PUFFIN, RAZORBILL.)
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In British Columbia, prey remains found below a nest in a Sitka spruce included rhinoceros auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata), Cassin's auklets, pigeon guillemots (Cepphus columba), fork-tailed storm-petrels, and marbled murrelets [38].
In this country prey is drawn mainly from the selection occurring locally and within a short distance of the nesting place. In coastal areas, for example, puffins, rock doves, fulmars and guillemots are most favoured items of diet.
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! ...
Efforts to protect fish stocks in the North Sea are damaging populations of British seabirds, including puffins and guillemots, say scientists. (more) ...
 See also: Puffin, Razorbill, Murre, Black Guillemot, Gannet
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