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Black Guillemot / Cepphus grylle

Black Guillemot bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsArctic Guillemot, Mandt's Guillemot
Old latin name for birdAlca grylle, Cepphus lacteolus
OrderShorebirds / Charadriiformes
FamilyAuks / Alcidae
GenusCepphus
Breeding regionEurasia, North America
Breeding subregioncoasts of high Arctic to n temperate North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Non breeding regionto ice-free waters near breeding range

Black Guillemot bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Alarm call, © Tero Linjama
    Finland
  • 2.
    Call, © Tero Linjama
    Finland
  • 3.
    Call, song, © Fraser Simpson
    United Kingdom
  • 4.
    Call, © David Farrow
    United Kingdom
  • 5.
    Call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 6.
    Call, song, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 7.
    Song, © Tom Gale
    United Kingdom
  • 8.
    Call, juvenile, song, © Fernand DEROUSSEN
    Norway
  • 9.
    Display call, © Hugh Harrop
    United Kingdom
  • 10.
    Call, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Pigeon Guillemot
Spectacled Guillemot

Where to see Black Guillemot

Black Guillemot subspecies (5)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Cepphus grylle arcticuslow Arctic to n temperate coasts: s Greenland, nw British Isles, s Scandinavia, and the White Sea (nw Russia), s Labrador and Newfoundland (se Canada) and Gulf of Maine-No
Cepphus grylle faeroeensisFaroe Is.-No
Cepphus grylle gryllecoastal Baltic Sea-No
Cepphus grylle islandicuscoastal Iceland-No
Cepphus grylle mandtiihigh Arctic coasts: w, e Greenland, Jan Mayen (ne of Iceland), Svalbard (n of Norway), n Siberia and n Alaska, ne Canada to n Labrador-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AlbanianGuhaku i zi
Azerbaijaniadi təmizçi
BasqueMartin hegalzuria, Martin hegalzuri, Somorgollaire alablanc
BelarusianЧысцік
BretonAn erv du, Erev du
BulgarianЧистик
Catalansomorgollaire alablanc, Somorgollaire
Chinese白翅斑海鸽
Chinese (Traditional)黑海鴿
Chuvashчистик
CornishKyddaw du
Croatiancrna njorka, Crni tučnjak
Czechalkoun obecný
DanishTejst, Gejrfugl
DutchZwarte Zeekoet
Esperantonigra urio
Estoniankrüüsel
FaroeseTeisti
Finnishriskilä
FrenchGuillemot à miroir, Guillemot noir
FrisianSwarte skoet
GalicianArao de ala branca, Arao de ás brancas, Arao de á branca, Somorgollaire alablanc
GermanGryllteiste
GreekΜαυρόκεπφος, Κέπφoς
Hebrewאוריה שחורה
Hungarianfekete lumma
IcelandicTeista
InuktitutPitshulak, Serfaq
IrishForacha Dhubh
ItalianUria nera
Japaneseハジロウミバト
Kazakhкәдімгі чистик, кәдімгі мұнтазқұс
Latvianmelnais alks, Melnais alks (čistiks)
LithuanianTaistė, Taiste, paprastoji taistė
MacedonianЦрна норка
ManxCaillagh Ghoo, Stronnag ghoo
Northern SamiČielkkis, Cielkkis
NorwegianTeist, Treiste, Per drikkar, teist
Norwegian NynorskTeist
Polishnurnik (nurnik białoskrzydły), Nurnik białoskrzydły, Alka, Nurzyk białoskrzydły, Nurnik zwyczajny, nurnik (zwyczajny), nurnik
PortugueseArau-d'asa-branca, airo-d'asa-branca, airo-de-asa-branca, airo d'asa branca
RomanianAlcă cu oglindă
RussianЧистик, Чистик атлантический, Чистик обыкновенный, Chistik, Обыкновенный чистик
SerbianCrna njorka
Slovaksvišťúň zrkadlový, Alka zrkadlová
Sloveniancrna njorka, črna njorka
SpanishArao aliblanco, Arao de Alas Blancas, Arao Comun
Swedishtobisgrissla
TurkishKara Alk
Ukrainianчистун арктичний
Uzbekчистик
WelshChwilog du, Heligog du, Gwylog ddu