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Pigeon Guillemot

Cepphus columba ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: ALCIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Pigeon Guillemot Photo

© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

A seabird of the northern Pacific, the Pigeon Guillemot is found along rocky coasts from Alaska to California. It spends more time close to shore than other members of the puffin family.

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Calls

  • Calls
    Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

High-pitched, thin twitters and piping calls. Alarm call is a loud, wavering whistle.

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