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What (who) is Xantus's murrelet - definition

SPECIES OF BIRD
Synthliboramphus hypoleucus; Guadalupe Murrelet

murrelet         
  • [[Razorbill]]s are true auks only found in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Auks as painted by [[Archibald Thorburn]]
  • [[Black guillemot]] (''Cepphus grylle'', a true guillemot) in summer (front) and winter plumage
  • [[Marbled murrelet]] (''Brachyramphus marmoratus'', a brachyramphine murrelet) in breeding plumage
  • [[Tufted puffin]] (''Fratercula cirrhata'')
  • The synthliboramphine Xantus's murrelet (''[[Synthliboramphus hypoleucus]]'') is quite distinct from the brachyramphine murrelets.
FAMILY OF BIRDS
Auks; Alcidae; Alcae; Auklet; Alcid; Murrelet; Alcids; Alcinae; Fraterculinae; Fraterculini; Alcini
['m?:l?t]
¦ noun a small North Pacific auk, typically having a grey back and white underparts. [Genera Brachyramphus and Synthliboramphus: six species.]
alcid         
  • [[Razorbill]]s are true auks only found in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Auks as painted by [[Archibald Thorburn]]
  • [[Black guillemot]] (''Cepphus grylle'', a true guillemot) in summer (front) and winter plumage
  • [[Marbled murrelet]] (''Brachyramphus marmoratus'', a brachyramphine murrelet) in breeding plumage
  • [[Tufted puffin]] (''Fratercula cirrhata'')
  • The synthliboramphine Xantus's murrelet (''[[Synthliboramphus hypoleucus]]'') is quite distinct from the brachyramphine murrelets.
FAMILY OF BIRDS
Auks; Alcidae; Alcae; Auklet; Alcid; Murrelet; Alcids; Alcinae; Fraterculinae; Fraterculini; Alcini
['als?d]
¦ noun Ornithology a bird of the auk family (Alcidae).
Origin
C19: from mod. L. Alcidae, from the genus name Alca, from ON alka 'razorbill'; cf. auk.
Murrelet         
  • [[Razorbill]]s are true auks only found in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Auks as painted by [[Archibald Thorburn]]
  • [[Black guillemot]] (''Cepphus grylle'', a true guillemot) in summer (front) and winter plumage
  • [[Marbled murrelet]] (''Brachyramphus marmoratus'', a brachyramphine murrelet) in breeding plumage
  • [[Tufted puffin]] (''Fratercula cirrhata'')
  • The synthliboramphine Xantus's murrelet (''[[Synthliboramphus hypoleucus]]'') is quite distinct from the brachyramphine murrelets.
FAMILY OF BIRDS
Auks; Alcidae; Alcae; Auklet; Alcid; Murrelet; Alcids; Alcinae; Fraterculinae; Fraterculini; Alcini
·noun One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres.

Wikipedia

Guadalupe murrelet

The Guadalupe murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) or Xantus's murrelet is a small seabird found in the California Current system in the Pacific Ocean. This auk breeds on islands off California and Mexico. It is threatened by predators introduced to its breeding colonies and by oil spills.

This species together with the Scripps's murrelet were considered conspecific and were classified under S. hypoleucus; known collectively as Xantus's murrelet until 2012. Enough evidence was collected to consider both species distinct based on a lack of evidence of interbreeding where the two species nest together on the San Benito Islands, differences in facial pattern and bill shape, vocalizations and genetics.