海鸠(拉丁学名:Uria aalge,英文称guillemot,sea pigeon),有时也称“海鸽”,海雀科,因体形略似鸠鸽类鸟而得名。如我国可见的“扁嘴海雀”,亦称“短嘴海鸠”。生活于太平洋、大西洋北部,善潜水捕鱼。除繁殖时期外很少上岸。繁殖时选择悬崖边缘,一般每次仅产一卵。
海鸠们潜到海水里去,间或衔出覆有石油的海藻来筑窝。
Guillemots dived into the sea, sometimes picking up oil-coated pieces of seaweed for their nests.
在苏格兰地区,海洋温度上升影响了食物链,部分海鸟如海鸠、角嘴海雀、三趾鸥等的繁殖存活率呈现下降态势。
In Scotland, there has been a fall in the breeding success of seabirds such as guillemots, puffins and kittiwakes, as warming sea temperatures affect the food chain.
在距离诺森伯兰郡海岸线两三英里的地方,这里的群岛是将近100,000多对海鸟夏天繁殖时的家园,包括海雀,海鸠和北极燕鸥。
Situated two to three miles off the Northumberland coastline, the archipelago is a summer home to approximately 100,000 pairs of breeding seabirds including puffins, guillemots and Arctic terns.
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