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
Migration routes: ringing recoveries
and summary map from Time to Fly (in pop-up windows)
European Population Size:
Summer:
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(I*), Bern(III)
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:
Read a summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
203.2 ± 7.2
Range
171.0 - 221.0 mm, (N = 691)
Juvenile:
194.0 ± 7.8
Range
180.0 - 204.0 mm, (N = 12)
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
920.6 ± 73.79
Range
645.0 - 1200 g , (N =994)
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Seasonal:
Summer 918.4 ± 66.71 (N = 867)
Winter 904.2 ± 74.49 (N = 13)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Common Guillemot, Common Murre
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish: Lomvie
Dutch:
Finnish:
French:
German:
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish: Foracha
Italian:
Norwegian:
Polish:
Portuguese:
Spanish: Arao común
Swedish:
Local Names:
Collective Noun:
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]
See Also:
Find scientific papers on
Wikipedia entry
BirdLife species page
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
Order:
Charadriiformes
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