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Common Guillemot - Uria aalge - Zeekoet
North-Atlantic and North-Pacific coasts.
The following 4 subspecies are being recognized:
Uria aalge aalge - North Atlantic from east North-America to the Baltic Sea, Norway, Svalbard to Novaya Zembla (Russia);
Uria aalge albionis - British Islands to West-Iberian Peninsula and Helgoland;
Uria aalge inornata - Korea, Japan and Kamchatka to Bering Sea and British Columbia;
Uria aalge californica - North-Washington to South-California.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.