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Pigeon Guillemot

Cepphus columba

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Alcidae

The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) () is a species of bird in the auk family, Alcidae. One of three species in the genus Cepphus, it is most closely related to the spectacled guillemot. There are five subspecies of the pigeon guillemot; all subspecies, when in breeding plumage, are dark brown with a black iridescent sheen and a distinctive wing patch broken by a brown-black wedge.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 171,298Canada · 35,163Mexico · 4