Pigeon Guillemot
Cepphus columbaPallas, PS, 1811
English (US) Pigeon Guillemot
The Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcidae (Auks, Puffins, and Murres) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Cepphus columba
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pigeon Guillemot
- Described by
- Pallas, PS, 1811
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Cepphus columba snowi
- Cepphus columba kaiurka
- Cepphus columba columba
- Cepphus columba adiantus
- Cepphus columba eureka
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cepphus Columba
- Described by
- Pallas, PS, 1811
- Type locality
- Kamchatka and Bering Straits.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.348
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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