Kittlitz's Murrelet
Brachyramphus brevirostris(Vigors, NA, 1829)
English (US) Kittlitz's Murrelet
The Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcidae (Auks, Puffins, and Murres) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds coastal strip up to 75 km inland, patchily from Wrangel Island, Chukotka, northeastern Kamchatka, and northern Sea of Okhotsk (eastern Russia), eastward to Bering Sea and Aleutian islands and southeastern Alaska; winters bays and fjords in breeding rangeRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Kittlitz's Murrelet
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Uria brevirostris
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1829)
- Type locality
- San Blas, Mexico, error = North Pacific Ocean.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 4, no.15 p.357
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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