Marbled Murrelet
Brachyramphus marmoratus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Marbled Murrelet
The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) 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 100 km inland from Aleutian Islands to central California; winters to coastal southern CaliforniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Marbled Murrelet
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Colymbus marmoratus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Western America and Kamchatka = Prince WiUiam Sound, Alaska, ex Pennant.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.583
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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