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National Natural Monument
Birds
Spectacled Guillemot
Cepphus carbo
The spectacled guillemot is an auk that is black in summer plumage, with red feet and a red mouth lining, living on rocky coasts. It nests in rock crevices and dives for fish. In Japan it breeds at a few sites in Hokkaido, including Teuri Island, whose seabird colony is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Cepphus carbo
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido
- 日本語
- ケイマフリ
- 简体中文
- 白斑海鸽
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The Spectacled Guillemot is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido.
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