Kittlitz's Murrelet

Brachyramphus brevirostris

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About the Kittlitz's Murrelet

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. The common name of this species commemorates the German zoologist Heinrich von Kittlitz, who first collected this species.

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Classification

Scientific name: Brachyramphus brevirostris
Family: Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Order: Charadriiformes

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