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- Longueur
- 37–39 cm
- Envergure
- 63–67 cm
- Poids
- 510 g
Présence dans le détroit
Abundant pelagic winter visitor.
Identification
The size of a duck and similar to a penguin, black upperparts and white underparts. Wide and blunt bill with a transverse white line. Legs do not protrude in flight. When swimming, tail often raised. Breeding plumage shows black head, neck and ear-coverts and white foreneck. Juveniles have a thinner bill without the white line.
Déplacements
Peaks in 2nd hf. November and 2nd hf. March.
Reprises de bagues
United Kingdom (20), Ireland (14) and France (1).
Texte éditorial de Bioestrecho. Dernière révision : 8 septembre 2026.
Galerie
Diego González Dopico, CC BY · 2025
Diego González Dopico, CC BY · 2025
Diego González Dopico, CC BY · 2025
Diego González Dopico, CC BY · 2025
Diego González Dopico, CC BY · 2025
Diego González Dopico, CC BY · 2025
