Common Guillemot

Scientific and Latin name: Uria Aalgue

family : Alcidés

description :
height: 38 to41 cm
beak : long and pointed, brown- 7 cm
wingspan: 64 to70 cm.
legs: short, it has three digits on each foot, armed with short claws. The feet are webbed.
weight: 850 to 1130 grammes

Plumage brown, black on the back, white on the stomach, the throat and the sides of the head are striped brown.

Diet :it eats fish ( herring, cod and whiting)

Habitat : It lives in the North Atlantic: Great Britain, France, Iceland and Scandanavia.

Migration : Winters in the North Atlantic. Nests on the coast of North West France.

Conservation : The species is protected in France.

Lifespan: 32 years maximum

cry or song : very noisy, cries with a deep caw.

It can be confused with a small penguin.
The female lays an egg which is pear shaped. It is blue and green, yellowish white with brown markings.