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| Cepphus grylle |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Alcidae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Black guillemot |
Guillemot à miroir |
Arao aliblanco |
Gryllteiste |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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stays close to colonies except for the extreme N |
Resident and mostly sedentary except in N regions, where movement to adjacent ice-free waters occurs. In
general, winter distribution of adults essentially as breeding, with concentrations at traditional locations to moult,
usually in sheltered waters near colony, where they spend winter. Fledging often move considerable distance
from natal sites, usually in direction of prevailing sea currents; reasons for their long distance dispersal unclear.
Overall dispersal patterns of various populations poorly known, particularly in remote and inaccessible regions;
better known in S of range, e.g. N Britain. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Europe, North America, North Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |