Scripps's Murrelet
Synthliboramphus scrippsi(Green, JE; Arnold, LW, 1939)
English (US) Scripps's Murrelet
The Scripps's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi) 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 Channel Islands (southern California) and islands off northwestern Baja California to San Benito (northwestern Mexico); winters offshore north of coastal WashingtonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Synthliboramphus scrippsi
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Scripps's Murrelet
- Described by
- (Green, JE; Arnold, LW, 1939)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Endomychura hypoleuca scrippsi
- Described by
- (Green, JE; Arnold, LW, 1939)
- Original description
- The Condor 41, no.1 p.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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