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 LC    Black Guillemot* Id (Atlas):
    Cepphus grylle

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black Guillemot, Tystie

Family
Alcidae (Auks)

Size
30 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Breeds on rocky coasts with scree and boulder talus slopes. In non-breeding season, ice-free inshore waters.

Range (Guide)
Canada (B), Denmark (B) (NB) (P), Estonia (B) (NB), Faroe Islands (B) (NB), Finland (B) (NB) (P), Germany (NB), Greenland (B) (NB), Iceland (B) (NB), Ireland (B) (NB), Latvia (NB), Norway (B) (NB), Poland (NB) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), St Pierre and Miquelon (B) (NB), Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (B) (P), Sweden (B) (NB), United Kingdom (B) (NB), USA (B).

Vagrant to Belgium (NB), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Czech Republic, France (NB), Netherlands Antilles, Russia (Central Asian), Slovenia (NB), Spain (NB).

Population
Estimated population is 400,000 - 700,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Marine fish and crustaceans.

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

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (55)...)

 
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) [XC486668]
     by Lars Edenius from Obbolostenarna, Ume\u00e5 Municipality, Sweden (call)

 
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) [XC656157]
     by Paul Archer from Oban Harbour, Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom, United Kingdom (call, duet)

Nest
None. Natural holes and crevices in boulder scree.

Eggs (Guide)
1 - 2; matt, whitish variously tinted buff or bluish-green, heavily blotched blackish- or reddish-brown and grey; oval. Incubation: 30 - 35 days; by both sexes.

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba). Considerable geographical variation throughout range, with subspecific limits uncertain.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • mandtii (Lichtenstein, MHK, 1822)   -  Arctic eastern North America south to Labrador and northern Newfoundland, western and eastern Greenland, Jan Mayen and Svalbard east through eastern Siberia to northern Alaska.
  • arcticus (Brehm, CL, 1824)   -  North America (south of mandtii) and southern Greenland to British Is, Norway, south-western Sweden, Denmark, Murmansk and White Sea.
  • islandicus Hørring, 1937   -  Iceland.
  • faeroeensis Brehm, CL, 1831   -  Faeroes.
  • grylle (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Baltic Sea.



References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7


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