Spectacled Guillemot
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The Spectacled, or Sooty Guillemot, Cepphus carbo, is a seabird in the auk family.
[edit] Description
This species is about 38 cm (15") long, with red legs, black bill and a blackish iris.
The breeding adult Spectacled Guillemot is distinctive, mostly plumaged dull sooty-black except for conspicuous white 'spectacles' on the face
In adult non-breeding plumage, the underparts are white, uniformly tipped very pale grey-brown. Transitional birds are like breeding adults, except the underparts are scaled with white.
Sexes are alike, but juveniles are separable from adults. There are no subspecies.
[edit] Range
Spectacled Guillemot is restricted to the northwestern Pacific Ocean; its range overlaps with those of Pigeon, Brünnich's, and Common Guillemots.
[edit] References
Peter Harrison, Seabirds An Identification Guide ISBN 0-395-60291-2
