Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae (Auks)  
Genus: Synthliboramphus (5 species)


Ancient Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus antiquus)
Range: PAL, NA: temperate nw to ne North Pacific coasts: patchily Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea, Aleutian Is., Gulf of Alaska to w British Columbia (sw Canada)
Marina del Rey, California, United States  
   
Photograph by Tom Benson     Copyright and usage info


Craveri's Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) Vulnerable
Range: NA, MA: ec North Pacific coast: is. Cedros, San Benito and Asuncion-San Jorge (w of wc Baja California), islands in Gulf of California, including Rasa and Tiburon (n Gulf of California) and Partida (s Gulf of California)
Laguna Beach, California, United States  
   
Photograph by Tom Benson     Copyright and usage info


Guadalupe Murrelet
Guadalupe Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) Endangered
Range: MA: ec North Pacific coast: is. Guadalupe and San Benito (w of c Baja California, nw Mexico)
Half Moon Bay, California, United States  
   
Photograph by Julio Mulero     Copyright and usage info


Scripps's Murrelet
Scripps's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi) Vulnerable
Range: NA, MA: ec North Pacific coast: Channel Is. (s California) and islands off nw, nc Baja California to San Benito (nw Mexico)
Ventura, California, United States  
   
Photograph by Tom Benson     Copyright and usage info


Japanese Murrelet
Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume) Vulnerable
Range: PAL: w North Pacific coasts: islands off w Honshu, Kyushu and Izu Is. (c, s Japan), s of Korean Pen. and ?far se Russia
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info



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