Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Alcidae > Genus Cepphus

Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Alca Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cepphus*	Pallas, 1769	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alca grylle*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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)

English-United States: Black Guillemot sources: Charles Hussey

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.

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

Galician: Foracha dhubh

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

Irish: Foracha dhubh sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

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

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

Norwegian Bokmål: teist sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130

Norwegian Nynorsk: teist sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 130

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	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.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (380 publications)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
GenBank (16 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137130

Drs Cees Roselaar. Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96979