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Rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) Half Moon Bay pelagic trip, California. Aug 17, 2019 Cerorhinca monocerata,Geotagged,Rhinoceros auklet,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)

Half Moon Bay pelagic trip, California. Aug 17, 2019

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    A quick series from a wonderful pelagic outing in California this summer. All 4 of these species were new for me, nearly doubling in a day the total species of Alcids I've ever seen! I'm glad to see they're new for JD too :) Posted 5 years ago
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      Awesome spottings, Thibaud! Posted 5 years ago
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        Thanks Christine! Posted 5 years ago
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    Fantastic series, Thibaud! Posted 5 years ago
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      Thanks Ferdy!
      Next up, tubenoses!       Posted 5 years ago
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        Nice, always wanted to see tubenoses!
        (quickly Googles what a tubenose is)         Posted 5 years ago
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          Procellariiformes, surely that's more helpful, no? ;) Posted 5 years ago
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            It's hilarious because I put the emphasis on tubenoses wrong in my head. I read it as TUB-E-NO-SES, like a latin binomial name. Only later realized it simply was "tube noses". Posted 5 years ago
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              Haha that's funny. On a trip to Ecuador looking for orchids many years ago, at some point I asked my guide about the identity of a species we were looking at. I listened to what he said and dutifully wrote down "Odontoglossum esepe", thinking, Huh I don't know that species. I took me an embarrassingly long time to realize he was saying Odontoglossum sp. ! Posted 5 years ago
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                haha! Posted 5 years ago

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The Rhinoceros auklet

The rhinoceros auklet is a seabird and a close relative of the puffins. It is the only extant species of the genus ''Cerorhinca''. Given its close relationship with the puffins, the common name rhinoceros puffin has been proposed for the species.

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Uploaded Oct 18, 2019. Captured Aug 17, 2019 12:42 in United States.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/11.0
  • 1/790s
  • ISO640
  • 390mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.