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 NT    Long-billed Murrelet* Id (Atlas):
    Brachyramphus perdix Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Alcidae (Auks)

Size
24 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1811)

Habitat
Seas off forested coasts.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland) (NB), Japan (B), North Korea (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), South Korea (NB).

Vagrant to Switzerland (NB).

Kamchatka and Sea of Okhotsk south to northern Japan (Hokkaido).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Forest habitat destruction through logging is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A thin, whistled 'fii fii'.

Subspecies
Brachyramphus marmoratus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) and Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) following AOU (1998).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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