Spectacled Guillemot
Cepphus carbo
Photo: Eliezg / CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The spectacled guillemot is an auk with dark summer plumage, distinctive white patches around its eyes, red feet and a red mouth lining. It lives on rocky coasts, nests in rock crevices and dives for fish. In Japan, it breeds at sites in Hokkaido, including islands and the Shiretoko Peninsula, and in parts of Aomori. Teuri Island's seabird breeding ground is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Cepphus carbo
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- EndangeredMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- ケイマフリ
- 简体中文
- 白眶海鸽
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The Spectacled Guillemot is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido.
The Spectacled Guillemot is listed as "Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as ケイマフリ).
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