Guadalupe Murrelet
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus(Xántus, J, 1860)
English (US) Guadalupe Murrelet
The Guadalupe Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) 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 Guadalupe and San Benito islands (central Baja California, northwestern Mexico); winters offshore northward to coastal northern CaliforniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Guadalupe Murrelet
- Described by
- (Xántus, J, 1860)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Brachyrhamphus hypoleucus
- Described by
- (Xántus, J, 1860)
- Type locality
- Cape St. Lucas, Lower California.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11(1859) p.299
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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