Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Latest Survey:
Conservation Status: AMBER
because
Localised Breeding Population,
Important Breeding Population
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern: AMBER (Rare or Localised), albionis AMBER (Rare or Localised)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(I*), Bern(III)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
Incubation:
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
as:
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
203.3 ± 7.2
Range
194 - 211 mm, N =691
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
890.9 ± 73.79
Range
770.0 - 1010 g , N =994
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Common Guillemot, Common Murre
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Gaston, A. 1998 The auks Oxford University Press, Oxford
[598.618 GAS]
Nettleship, D. & Birkhead, T.R. 1985 The atlantic Alcidae Academic Press, London
[598.618 NET]
Birkhead, T. 1993 Great auk islands Poyser, London
[998 BIR]
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Order:
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