Black Guillemot / Cepphus grylle LC
- Synonyms Mandt's Guillemot, Arctic Guillemot
- Old latin name for bird Alca grylle, Cepphus lacteolus
Black Guillemotbird sounds *
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Where to see Black Guillemot
- Breeding region Eurasia, North America
- Breeding subregion coasts of high Arctic to n temperate North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
- Non breeding region to ice-free waters near breeding range
- Belgium
- Canada
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Russia
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Åland Islands
Black Guillemot subspecies (5)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cepphus grylle arcticus | low 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 faeroeensis | Faroe Is. | - | No |
| Cepphus grylle grylle | coastal Baltic Sea | - | No |
| Cepphus grylle islandicus | coastal Iceland | - | No |
| Cepphus grylle mandtii | high 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 |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Guhaku i zi |
| Azerbaijani | adi təmizçi |
| Basque | Somorgollaire alablanc, Martin hegalzuri, Martin hegalzuria |
| Belarusian | Чысцік |
| Breton | An erv du, Erev du |
| Bulgarian | Чистик |
| Catalan | somorgollaire alablanc, Somorgollaire |
| Chinese | 白翅斑海鸽 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑海鴿 |
| Chuvash | чистик |
| Cornish | Kyddaw du |
| Croatian | Crni tučnjak, crna njorka |
| Czech | alkoun obecný |
| Danish | Gejrfugl, Tejst |
| Dutch | Zwarte Zeekoet |
| Esperanto | nigra urio |
| Estonian | krüüsel |
| Faroese | Teisti |
| Finnish | riskilä |
| French | Guillemot à miroir, Guillemot noir |
| Frisian | Swarte skoet |
| Galician | Somorgollaire alablanc, Arao de ás brancas, Arao de ala branca, Arao de á branca |
| German | Gryllteiste |
| Greek | Μαυρόκεπφος, Κέπφoς |
| Hebrew | אוריה שחורה |
| Hungarian | fekete lumma |
| Icelandic | Teista |
| Inuktitut | Pitshulak, Serfaq |
| Irish | Foracha Dhubh |
| Italian | Uria nera |
| Japanese | ハジロウミバト |
| Kazakh | кәдімгі мұнтазқұс, кәдімгі чистик |
| Latvian | melnais alks, Melnais alks (čistiks) |
| Lithuanian | Taistė, paprastoji taistė, Taiste |
| Macedonian | Црна норка |
| Manx | Stronnag ghoo, Caillagh Ghoo |
| Northern Sami | Cielkkis, Čielkkis |
| Norwegian | teist, Per drikkar, Treiste |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Teist |
| Polish | nurnik (nurnik białoskrzydły), Nurzyk białoskrzydły, Nurnik białoskrzydły, nurnik (zwyczajny), Alka, nurnik, Nurnik zwyczajny |
| Portuguese | airo-d'asa-branca, airo d'asa branca, Arau-d'asa-branca |
| Romanian | Alcă cu oglindă |
| Russian | Чистик атлантический, Чистик, Обыкновенный чистик, Chistik, Чистик обыкновенный |
| Serbian | Crna njorka |
| Slovak | Alka zrkadlová, svišťúň zrkadlový |
| Slovenian | črna njorka, crna njorka |
| Spanish | Arao de Alas Blancas, Arao Comun, Arao aliblanco |
| Swedish | tobisgrissla |
| Turkish | Kara Alk |
| Ukrainian | чистун арктичний |
| Uzbek | чистик |
| Welsh | Chwilog du, Gwylog ddu, Heligog du |