Japanese murrelet

Japanese murrelet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
Genus: Synthliboramphus
Species:
S. wumizusume
Binomial name
Synthliboramphus wumizusume
(Temminck, 1836)
Synonyms

Uria wumizusume (protonym)[2]
Brachyramphus wumizusume
Brachyramphus temminckii
Synthliboramphus temminckii
Uria temminckii

The Japanese murrelet or crested murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume) is a small seabird in the auk family that occurs along the remote rocky coasts and in the offshore waters of Japan, and may also be found after the breeding season as far as Sakhalin to the north and in particular off South Korea.[3] With a small and declining population, estimated as of 2017 to total 2,500–10,000 individuals, it is the rarest alcid, and the most at risk of extinction.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Synthliboramphus wumizusume". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22694899A132580332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22694899A132580332.en. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Temminck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Collar, N.J., ed. (2001). Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book (PDF). Vol. A. BirdLife International. pp. 1508–1516. ISBN 0-946888-42-6.
  4. ^ Nettleship, D.N.; Kirwan, G.M. (3 March 2017). "Japanese murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume". Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Cornell University. Retrieved 29 May 2022.