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MarineCavity nestLarge · 490 g
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This species is about 38 cm (15 in) 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.
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When to see the Spectacled Guillemot
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Spectacled Guillemot
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Spectacled Guillemot
The spectacled guillemot or sooty guillemot is a seabird in the auk family.
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Easily confused with
Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columbaThe pigeon guillemot is a medium-sized auk, 30 to 37 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and weighing 450 to 550 g (16 to 19 oz).
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleThe black guillemot is a medium-sized bird with adults normally 30 to 32 centimetres (12 to 12+1⁄2 inches) in length and with wingspans of 52 to 58 cm (20+1⁄2 to 23 in).
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