Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Subspecies (5)
Ronald G. Butler, Daniel E. Buckley, David N. Nettleship, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Arñu aliblancu |
| Basque | Martin hegalzuria |
| Bulgarian | Чистик |
| Catalan | somorgollaire alablanc |
| Croatian | crna njorka |
| Czech | alkoun obecný |
| Danish | Tejst |
| Dutch | Zwarte Zeekoet |
| English | Black Guillemot |
| English (United States) | Black Guillemot |
| Faroese | Teisti |
| Finnish | riskilä |
| French | Guillemot à miroir |
| French (France) | Guillemot à miroir |
| Galician | Arao de á branca |
| German | Gryllteiste |
| Greek | Μαυρόκεπφος |
| Hebrew | אוריה שחורה |
| Hungarian | Fekete lumma |
| Icelandic | Teista |
| Japanese | ハジロウミバト |
| Latvian | Melnais alks (čistiks) |
| Lithuanian | Taistė |
| Norwegian | teist |
| Polish | nurnik |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Airo-d'asa-branca |
| Romanian | Alcă cu oglindă |
| Russian | Чистик |
| Serbian | Crna njorka |
| Slovak | svišťúň zrkadlový |
| Slovenian | Črna njorka |
| Spanish | Arao Aliblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Arao aliblanco |
| Swedish | tobisgrissla |
| Turkish | Kara Alk |
| Ukrainian | Чистун арктичний |
Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Alca Grylle
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.130.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ocean of northern Europe; restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CEPPHUS
- cepphus
- grylle
- Grylle
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Black Guillemot
