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Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba

Described by: Pallas (1811)
Alternate common name(s): Kurile Guillemot
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull 
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Range

N. Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea;
(1) N. Pacific Ocean from e. Siberia on the Kamchatka Peninsula n. to the Bering Sea islands (Diomede Is., St. Lawrence Is., St. Matthew Is., Hall Is. and Bogoslof Is.) and w. Alaska from Cape Lisburne and Cape Thompson to Norton Sound, Cape Newenham and Cape Peirce.
Winters s. to the w. United States (California).
(2) Kuril Is.
Winters s. to n. Japan (Hokkaido).
(3) Commander Is. to the wc. Aleutians.
(4) C. Aleutians e. along coasts of s. Alaska, w. Canada to nw. United States (Washington).
(5) Nw. United States (Oregon and California).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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