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Long-billed Murrelet

Brachyramphus perdix(Pallas, PS, 1811)

English (US) Long-billed Murrelet

The Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) 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 30 km inland in Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin (eastern Russia), and northern Hokkaido (northern Japan); winters to coastal central Japan; prone to long-distance vagrancy to continental USARange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Brachyramphus perdix
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
English (US)
Long-billed Murrelet
Described by
(Pallas, PS, 1811)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Cepphus Perdix
Described by
(Pallas, PS, 1811)
Type locality
Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.
Original description
Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.351

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 25 species of the family Alcidae