Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris)

Other Names (World)
Kittlitz's Murrelet, Short-billed Murrelet

Family
Alcidae (Auks)

Size
22 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1829)

Habitat
Alpine tundra, galicial morraines and scree slopes with 75 km of the coast. In non-breeding season, offshore and further south.

Range (Guide)

Canada, Japan (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), USA (B).

Bering Sea coasts northern into Chukchi Sea and south to Gulf of Alaska: in Russia probably limited to eastern Chukotskiy Peninsula in Chukchi Sea west to Cape Schmidta and south to Anadyr Gulf, as well as Shelekhov Bay in northern Sea of Okhotsk; in Alaska from just east of Cape Lisburne south to Aleutians and east to Glacier Bay and Stileine R (Gulf of Alaska). Winters mainly offshore near breeding area, from eastern Siberia and Kuril Is south to northern Japan (Hokkaido), and from Aleutians east to Glacier Bay.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Low groaning 'urrrhhn' and short quacking 'urgh'

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

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