Auks (Alcidae)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) - HBW 3, p. 712
French: Guillemot colombin
German: Taubenteiste
Spanish: Arao Colombino
Other common names: Sea Pigeon
Taxonomy: Cepphus Columba Pallas, 1811, Kamchatka and Bering Strait.
Forms superspecies with C. grylle. Race snowi sometimes considered a megasubspecies. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- columba Pallas, 1811 - Kamchatka N to Bering Strait and W Alaska.
- snowi Stejneger, 1897 - Kuril Is.
- kaiurka Portenko, 1937 - Commander Is to WC Aleutian Is.
- columba Pallas, 1811 - Kamchatka N to Bering Strait and W Alaska.
- snowi Stejneger, 1897 - Kuril Is.
- kaiurka Portenko, 1937 - Commander Is to WC Aleutian Is.
- adianta Storer, 1950 - C Aleutian Is S to Washington.
- eureka Storer, 1950 - Oregon and California.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair copulating Locality Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA (United States) (ssp eureka)
Greg R Homel 2005 4 years ago 12 sec 4.4 -
Adults at breeding colony Locality Bering Island, Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp kaiurka)
Greg Baker 9 June 2009 2 years ago 54 sec 4 -
Three birds in the water, seen from above Locality Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA (United States) (ssp eureka)
Greg R Homel 2005 4 years ago 7 sec 3.9 -
First summers on sea Locality Bering Island, Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp kairuka)
Greg Baker 8 June 2009 2 years ago 1 min 3.3 -
Several birds in winter plumage swimming and one of them calling Locality Living Coasts, Torquay, Devon, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2007 3 years ago 29 sec 3.3 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage swimming and finally diving. Locality Habomai Port, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan
Josep del Hoyo 6 February 2010 1 year ago 38 sec 3.2
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Flying past the ferry landing.
Locality Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 1 June 1989 1 year ago 1 -
Flying past.
Locality Northwest Point, Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 1 June 1989 1 year ago 1
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