Kittlitz's Murrelet
Brachyramphus brevirostris
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Alcidae
Le Guillemot de Kittlitz (Brachyramphus brevirostris) est une espèce d'oiseaux marins de la famille des Alcidae. Selon la classification de référence du Congrès ornithologique international (version 15. 2, 2026), c'est une espèce monotypique (non subdivisée en sous-espèces).
Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) is a small alcid found in the waters off Alaska and Eastern Siberia. This near threatened species is, like the closely related marbled murrelet, unusual for seabirds in not being colonial, nesting instead in isolated locations on mountain tops, where the nests were known to Native Americans for many years before skeptical ornithologists described and photographed them. It is a poorly known and little studied species, although concern over its status and that of the closely related marbled murrelet has led to a recent increase in research.
El mérgulo piquicorto o alcita de pico corto (Brachyramphus brevirostris) es una especie de ave caradriforme de la familia Alcidae encontrada en las aguas de Alaska y el este de Siberia. Al igual que el mérgulo jaspeado (Brachyramphus marmoratus), con el que está estrechamente relacionado, es clasificado como casi amenazada por la UICN. Descripción Alcanza unos 25 cm de longitud y pesa 241 gramos en promedio.
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