Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)

Other Names (World)
Pigeon Guillemot, Sea Pigeon

Family
Alcidae (Auks)

Size
30 - 37 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pallas, 1811

Habitat
Breeds on rocky coasts with scree and boulder talus slopes. In non-breeding season, at sea or moves south to ice-free waters.

Range (Guide)

Canada (B) (NB) (P), Japan, Mexico, Russia (Asian), USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 470,000 (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Small benthic fish and invertebrates.

Voice
A thin, shrill whistle. Generally silent away from colonies.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) [XC818943]
by Rachel Hudson from Budd Inlet, Thurston County, Washington, United States (alarm call, call)

Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) [XC818941]
by Rachel Hudson from Budd Inlet, Thurston County, Washington, United States (alarm call, call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle). Subspecies snowi sometimes considered a megasubspecies.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

columba Pallas, 1811 - Kamchatka north to Bering Strait and western Alaska.
snowi Stejneger, 1897 - Kuril Is.
kaiurka Portenko, 1937 - Commander Is to west-central Aleutian Is.
adiantus Storer, 1950 - Central Aleutian Is south to Washington.
eureka Storer, 1950 - Oregon and California.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) - 10 files

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