Black Guillemot

Cepphus grylle - Guillemot à miroir

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Alcidés
Genus
:
Cepphus
Species
:
grylle

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 32 cm
Wingspan
: 52 à 58 cm.
Weight
: 320 à 485 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) is a species of bird in the Alcidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

Cepphus grylle grylle (Baltic Sea)
Cepphus grylle mandtii (ne Canada to Svalbard to n Siberia and n Alaska)
Cepphus grylle arcticus (ne USA, se Canada and s Greenland to the British Isles, s Scandinavia and the White Sea)
Cepphus grylle islandicus (Iceland)
Cepphus grylle faeroeensis (Faroe Is.)

Foreign names

Guillemot à miroir,
Arao aliblanco,
airo-de-asa-branca,
Gryllteiste,
fekete lumma,
Zwarte Zeekoet,
Uria nera,
tobisgrissla,
Teist,
svišťúň zrkadlový,
alkoun obecný,
Tejst,
riskilä,
somorgollaire alablanc,
Teista,
nurnik (zwyczajny),
melnais alks,
črna njorka,
Чистик,
ハジロウミバト,
白翅斑海鸽,
tobisgrissla,
黑海鴿,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands