Un Guillemot à long bec en Grande-Bretagne

The Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) is a small (25 cm), chunky auk with a slender black bill. The bird closely resembles the Marbled Murrelet, which in fact it was considered a subspecies until 1998. The Long-billed Murrelet is longer-billed and slightly larger than the Marbled Murrelet. In breeding plumage, the bird shows a pale throat which is absent in Marbled Murrelet. In winter, the Long-billed Murrelet lacks a white collar, present in Marbled Murrelet. In most other visual charateristics, they are considered virtually identical.
Long-billed Murrelet has occurred as a vagrant in Europe. A drowned first-winter individual was discovered in a fishing net at Zollikon, Lake Zurich, Switzerland on a date between 15 and 18 December 1997. The specimen has been deposited at the Naturhistoriches Museum Basel. (Maumary and Knaus 2000).
Europe’s second was found at Dawlish Warren, Devon on 7 November 2006; initially identified as a Little Auk, its true identity came to light when photographs were posted to the Web. It was re-found offshore from Dawlish town centre on 11 November, and attracted large crowds of birdwatchers.