Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Auks, Murres and Puffins :: Kittlitz's Murrelet

Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris

Described by: Vigors (1829)
Alternate common name(s): Short-billed Murrelet
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA - Jun 30, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA - Jun 30, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA - Jun 30, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA - Jun 30, 2007 © Glen Tepke  Aialik Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA - Jun 30, 2007 © Glen Tepke 
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Range

N. Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea;
Chukchi Sea coast of the e. Siberia (e. Chukotski Peninsula w. to Cape Schmidta) s. to n. Sea of Okhotsk and ne. Kamchatka Peninsula (Tavuvnan Mountains) and Alaska from Cape Lisburne and Point Hope s. to Aleutians, Katmai National Park and e. to Glacier Bay and the Stileine River.
Winters from n. Japan (Hokkaido), Kuril Is., e. Siberia to the Aleutians and Glacier Bay.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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