Marbled murrelet - Brachyramphus marmoratus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Brachyramphus marmoratus
Author (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 176996
Common Names English: Marbled Murrelet
French: Guillemot marbré
Spanish: Mérgulo jaspeado americano
Portuguese: mérgulo-marmorizado
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Charadriiformes
          Family: Alcidae
            Genus: Brachyramphus
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN176996
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    T (U.S.A. (CA, OR, WA))
Status - Red List, IUCN
    EN (Global)
#records (spatial)2,528
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets28
Year1978 - 2008
Latitude33.27 - 57.09
Longitude-153.65 - -118.91
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