Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Alcoidea > Family Alcidae > Genus Cepphus

Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cepphus*	Pallas, 1769	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alca grylle*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: tejst sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zwarte zeekoet

English: black guillemot sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: guillemot à miroir sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Gryllteiste; Teiste sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Μαύρη ουρία sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: taistė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: teist sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: teist sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: nurnik; nurzyk białoskrzydły sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: foracha dhubh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: črna njorka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: arao aliblanco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: tobisgrissla sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kara dalıcı martı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Чистик чорний; Чорний чистик sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwylog ddu

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376
additional source	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.