Species profile
Pigeon Guillemot
Cepphus columba
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL, NA. Breeding subregions are Arctic to temperate nw to ec North Pacific coasts: s Chukotka to Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Gulf of Alaska to c California. Non breeding regions are n PO.
- Scientific name
- Cepphus columba
- Family
- Alcidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Cepphus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Pigeon Guillemot in your journal
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