Ancient murrelet Synthlibormaphus antiquus
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Ancient Murrelet: Small, pelagic seabird with black head and dark gray back and wings. White underparts extend up onto face as a cheek patch. Bill is short and yellow. Sexes are similar.
Ancient Murrelet Behaviour
No observations regarding Ancient Murrelet behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Ancient Murrelets ...
Ancient Murrelet populations are decreasing overall. In Asia, there has been little recent effort to survey breeding colonies, but the species is thought to be in immediate danger of extirpation in China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula.
Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
Common Murre (Uria aalge)
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In addition I wanted to see Ancient Murrelet and Whiskered Auklet for which I scheduled a trip to Dutch Harbor. The trip started with a ride on the Alaska Ferry up the inside passage from Washington State to Skagway.
Along the Pacific coast of North America, peregrine falcons prey on marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus), ancient murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiquus), Cassin's auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus), ...
BLACK-THROATED GUILLEMOT.
[Ancient Murrelet.]
URIA ANTIQUA, Gmel.
[Synthliboramphus antiquus.] ...
 See also: Murre, Murrelet, Warbler, Eagle, Sparrow
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