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Black Guillemot
Cepphus grylleThe Black Guillemot or Tystie (Cepphus grylle) is a medium-sized alcid. Adult birds have black bodies with a white wing patch, a thin dark bill, and red legs and feet. They show white wing linings in flight. In winter, the upperparts are pale grey and the underparts are white. The wings remain black with the large white patch on the inner wing. They are 32–38 cm in length, and with a 49–58 cm wingspan. Pair resting, Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador Flying in Scotland Their breeding habitat is rocky shores, cliffs and islands on northern Atlantic coasts in eastern North America as far south as Maine, and in western Europe as far south as Ireland.They are one of the few birds to breed on Surtsey, Iceland a new volcanic island. In the UK it is fairly common breeding bird in western and northern Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the rest of Great Britain they only breed at St. Bees Head in Cumbria, the Isle of Man and on east Anglesey in north Wales. Some birds breed in Alaska where their range overlaps with the Pigeon Guillemot. They usually lay their eggs in rocky sites near water. These birds often overwinter in their breeding areas, moving to open waters if necessary, but usually not migrating very far south. They dive for food from the surface, swimming underwater. They mainly eat fish and , also some , and plant material. The call in the breeding season is a high whistle. The red gape is also prominent then. Showing red gape 200px Winter plumage off the coast of Maine
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Black Guillemot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Black Guillemot or Tystie (Cepphus grylle) is a medium-sized alcid. Adult birds have black bodies with a white wing patch, a thin dark bill, and red legs and feet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepphus_grylle ADW: Cepphus grylle: INFORMATION - Animal Diversity Web The Black guillemot is a circumpolar species distributed in boreal, low arctic and high arctic regions of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/acco... Cepphus grylle - Wikimedia Commons English: Black Guillemot · Deutsch: Gryllteiste · Français: Guillemot à miroir · Nederlands: Zwarte Zeekoet · Svenska: Tobisgrissla · commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cepphus_gryll... Cepphus grylle - Avibase Photo powered by flickr.com. Order: Charadriiformes Family: Alcidae. English: Black Guillemot Scientific: Cepphus grylle. Protonym: Alca Grylle avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibasei... Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) - www.birdguides.com Identification. Black Guillemots can be identified in all plumages by the huge white splodge which covers most of the upper wing coverts although in young birds this ... www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?s... Cepphus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Black Guillemot or Tystie, Cepphus grylle; Pigeon Guillemot, Cepphus columba; Spectacled Guillemot, Cepphus carbo; There are also fossil forms. Cepphus olsoni (San Luis Rey River ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepphus Black Guillemot | National Audubon Society Birds Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle). In The Birds of North America, No. 675 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. birds.audubon.org/species/blagui1 Black Guillemot - BirdWatch Ireland > Home Black Guillemot. Cepphus grylle. Foracha dhubh. Tystie (Scotland) Status: Resident along all Irish coasts. Conservation Concern: Amber-listed, due to concerns over ... www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tab... Black Guillemot Identify - Whatbird.com Cepphus grylle ... The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending. identify.whatbird.com/obj/878/identifica... The RSPB: Black guillemot 1 video. Latin name. Cepphus grylle. Family. Auks (Alcidae) Overview. Its striking black and white plumage and bright red feet make it easy to identify in summer. www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/... | Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylle - YouTube Uploaded by bogabirder on Jun 11, 2007 Black Guillemot at the Hornoya, Vardo, Norway. Category: Pets & Animals Tags: Black Guillemot Hornoya Vardo Varanger ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFeV47vEsOo Alaska Seabird Information Series Alaska Seabird Information Series BLACK GUILLEMOT Cepphus grylle Conservation Status ALASKA: Moderate N. AMERICAN: Not currently at risk GLOBAL: Least Concern Breed ... alaska.fws.gov/mbsp/mbm/seabirds/pdf/blg... Surtsey - The Volcano Island, Iceland. Birdlife from the very ... while the fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) and black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) do not use nest building materials or only slightly arrange pebbles under their ... www.vulkaner.no/n/surtsey/esurtbird.html Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle [Linnaeus, 1758] For details point at or click the button; for sources point at the button blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob6380.h... A juvenile in hand. | the Internet Bird Collection Enter your keywords: Auks (Alcidae) Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) Least Concern ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/black-guillemot-ce... Artsdatabanken Black Guillemot (Cepphus-grylle). Photo: Otto Frengen www.biodiversity.no/Article.aspx?m=98 Surtsey - The Volcano Island, Iceland. Bird migration Page 2 and the Black Guillemot (cepphus grylle). The nest of the Black Guillemot was found on July 27 when it contained two half-grown young. www.vulkaner.no/n/surtsey/esurtbirdmigr2... BIRD , Orkney Photographs, Photography pictures by stock ... 171310 BIRDS - Black Guillemot - Black Gulliemots Cepphus grylle perched cliff North Ronaldsay Scotland BIRDS ORKNEY: 171309 BIRDS - Black Guillemot - Black Gulliemot ... www.orkneypics.com/webpage/page/page007.... Black Guillemot; Sea Pigeon - ChestofBooks.com: Read Books Online ... 27. Cepphus grylle. 13 inches. These birds are very abundant about the rocky islands from Maine northward. They may be seen sitting in rows on the edges of the rocks ... chestofbooks.com/animals/birds/Bird-Guid... Sigurður Agnar Sigurbjörnsson - Photography Bakkasvala/ Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)and Landsvala/ Barn Swallow (Hirundo ... Teista /Black guillemot(Cepphus grylle) diddisig.is/myndir/flokkur/5 |
