Pigeon guillemot - Cepphus columba

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Cepphus columba
Author Pallas, 1811
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176991
Common Names Spanish: Arao pichón
English: Pigeon Guillemot
French: Guillemot colombin
Spanish: Arao colombino
Portuguese: airo-columbino
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
            Genus: Cepphus
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Cepphus columba adiantus
Subspecies: Cepphus columba columba
Subspecies: Cepphus columba eureka
Subspecies: Cepphus columba kaiurka
Subspecies: Cepphus columba snowi
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN176991
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
    LC (Global)
#records (spatial)11,196
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets32
Year1975 - 2008
Latitude32.37 - 68.15
Longitude-133.02 - 229.35
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