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Pigeon Guillemot

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The Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) is a medium-sized alcid endemic to the Pacific. They closely resemble the other members of the genus Cepphus, particularly the Black Guillemot, which is ...

The Black Guillemot or Tystie (Cepphus grylle) is a medium-sized alcid. Their breeding habitat is rocky shores, cliffs and islands on northern Atlantic coasts in eastern North America as far south as ...

Great Auk

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The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, formerly of the genus Alca, was a large, flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus, a ...

Parakeet Auklet

Animals; Birds

The Parakeet Auklet is a small seabird of the North Pacific. It used to be placed on its own in the genus Cyclorrhynchus (Kaup, 1829) but recent morphological and genetic evidence suggest it should ...

Crested Auklet

Animals; Birds

The Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella) is a small seabird of the family Alcidae which nests in huge colonies (>1 million individuals) in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.

Cassin's Auklet

Animals; Birds

The Cassin's Auklet, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, is a small, chunky seabird that ranges widely in the North Pacific. It nests in small burrows and because of its presence on well studied islands in ...

Rhinoceros Auklet

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The Rhinoceros Auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata, is a seabird and a close relative of the puffins. It ranges widely across the North Pacific feeding on small fish and nesting in seabird colonies.