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 5 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
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 5 years ago 7 sec 4.3 -
A juvenile swimming, watching under the water and calling. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp kaiurka)
Josep del Hoyo 29 May 2012 43 weeks ago 26 sec 4.3 -
Adults at breeding colony Locality Bering Island, Commander Islands, Kamchatka Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp kaiurka)
Greg Baker 9 June 2009 3 years ago 54 sec 4.3 -
A juvenile bird on the water. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp kaiurka)
Josep del Hoyo 29 May 2012 43 weeks ago 21 sec 4.2 -
diving and feeding Locality Juneau, Alaska, USA (United States)
Vicky Cheng 10 June 2012 20 weeks ago 3 min 6 sec 4.2
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A bird in non-breeding plumage, swimming.
Locality Habomai Port, Nemuro Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan
Jordi Sargatal 6 February 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8 -
A juvenile bird on the water.
Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp kaiurka)
Josep del Hoyo 29 May 2012 40 weeks ago 3.8 -
Flying near the shore of Cleland Island.
Locality Cleland Island, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (ssp adianta)
Ken Simonite 26 July 2012 40 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult bird in breeding plumage.
Locality Living Coasts, Torquay, Devon, England, Great Britain
Tomasz Doroń 11 August 2012 40 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult swimming.
Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp kaiurka)
Josep del Hoyo 29 May 2012 40 weeks ago 3.3 -
Flying past the ferry landing.
Locality Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 1 June 1989 3 years ago 1
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Calls by a juvenile bird. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp kaiurka)
Josep del Hoyo 29 May 2012 43 weeks ago 4
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