Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/blkgui/introduction

Scientific:
Cepphus grylle ultimus

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Alcidae
Genus:
Cepphus

Danish: Gejrfugl, Tejst

Greenlandic: Serfaq

Length : 11.8-12.6 in (30-32 cm)

Weight : 11.3-17.1 oz (320-485 g)

Wingspan : 20.5-22.8 in (52-58 cm)

Fun Fact : The oldest Black Guillemot recorded was over 27 years old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Alaska.

Fernand DEROUSSEN, XC135860. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/135860

References:

AviBase The World Bird Dataset (2018) Cepphus grille ultimus. Collected April 2, 2018.

Butler, Ronald G. and Daniel E. Buckley. 2002. Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

This entry was posted on March 25, 2018 at 7:46 pm and is filed under Waterfowl . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.