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What’s in a Name: A Murrelet Assortment

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Thus, a day of murrelets and their names. According to Reedman , murre is the old Cornish world for a Razorbill , and eventually became a vernacular term for alcids more broadly; murrelet, then, makes simple sense as a name for the smaller members of the family. Some murrelets are named for their styling. So there you have it.

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AOU 53rd supplement: Highlights and near misses

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Aplomado Falcon ( Falco femoralis ) by Jon David Nelson Shakeups for shearwaters and murrelets Xantus’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ) has been split into California-breeding Scripps’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus scrippsi ) and Baja-breeding Guadalupe Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ).

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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After seeing Rhinoceros Auklets and Xantus’s Murrelets on the first half of Sunday’s San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip, we reached Mexico’s Islas Cornado (Coronado Islands), four rocky islands off the coast of northern Baja California.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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The island was home to an important population of XantusMurrelet , but the population was suffering as a result of introduced rats. The efforts of the animal rights groups failed, and thanks to the rat free status of Anacapa numbers of the endangered XantusMurrelet were up 80% in three years.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Marbled Murrelet – Brachyramphus marmoratus. Xantus’s Hummingbird – Hylocharis xantusii. Mahé–Beau Vallon Beach. 26 Jul 2018. Green-fronted Lancebill – Doryfera ludovicae. above Socorro. 25 Jul 2018. Bicolored Hawk – Accipiter bicolor. above Socorro. 25 Jul 2018. Glacier Bay. 24 Jul 2018.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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Marbled Murrelet – Brachyramphus marmoratus. Xantus’s Hummingbird – Hylocharis xantusii. Mahé–Beau Vallon Beach. 26 Jul 2018. Bicolored Hawk – Accipiter bicolor. above Socorro. 25 Jul 2018. Green-fronted Lancebill – Doryfera ludovicae. above Socorro. 25 Jul 2018. Glacier Bay. 24 Jul 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Marbled Murrelet – Brachyramphus marmoratus. Xantus’s Hummingbird – Hylocharis xantusii. Mahé–Beau Vallon Beach. 26 Jul 2018. Green-fronted Lancebill – Doryfera ludovicae. above Socorro. 25 Jul 2018. Bicolored Hawk – Accipiter bicolor. above Socorro. 25 Jul 2018. Glacier Bay. 24 Jul 2018.

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