---
title: "Airo-columbino"
description: "Cepphus columba — Aves. The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) () is a species of bird in the auk family, Alcidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pigeon-guillemot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Airo-columbino

> Cepphus columba — Aves. The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) () is a species of bird in the auk family, Alcidae.

- Scientific name: *Cepphus columba*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 14576
- Wikidata: [Q926867](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q926867)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4415](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4415)

## Names

- en: Pigeon Guillemot
- de: Taubenteiste
- es: Arao pichón
- fr: Guillemot colombin
- nl: Duifzeekoet
- pt: Airo-columbino
- pl: Nurnik aleucki

## Countries with the most observations

US (11432), CA (2196), RU (160), JP (20)

## Summary

The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) () is a species of bird in the auk family, Alcidae. One of three species in the genus Cepphus, it is most closely related to the spectacled guillemot. There are five subspecies of the pigeon guillemot; all subspecies, when in breeding plumage, are dark brown with a black iridescent sheen and a distinctive wing patch broken by a brown-black wedge. Its non-breeding plumage has mottled grey and black upperparts and white underparts. The long bill is black, as are the claws. The legs, feet, and inside of the mouth are red. It closely resembles the black guillemot, which is slightly…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_guillemot

## Photo

![Airo-columbino](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pigeon-guillemot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73478025

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pigeon-guillemot?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).