Kittlitz’s Murrelet / Brachyramphus brevirostris
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Kittlitz's Murrelet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Uria brevirostris Zool.J. 4 p.357
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Alcidae / Brachyramphus
Taxonomy Code: kitmur
Type Locality: San Bias, Mexico, error = North Pacific Ocean.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1829
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
BRACHYRAMPHUS
(Alcidae; Ϯ Marbled Murrelet B. marmoratus) Gr. βραχυς brakhus short; ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; "3. Gen. Brachyramphus. Nob. Rostrum capite multo brevius, apice adunco, lateribus fortius compresso. Narium dimidia pars pennulis tecta. Pedes debiliores. a. Subgen. Apobapton Nob. Rostrum minus elevatum, angustius. Spec. 1. Brachyramphus marmoratus Nob. — Uria marmorata Lath.; Cepphus perdix Pall. Zoogr. T. II. p. 351. Spec. 2. Brachyramphus Wrangelii Nob. ... Patria Aleuticae Insulae. Spec. 3. Brachyramphus brachypterus Nob. ... Patria Unalaschka. Spec. 4. Brachyramphus Kittlitzii Nob. ... Patria Kamtschatka." (Brandt 1837); "Brachyramphus M. Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb., 2, 1837, col. 346. Type, by subsequent designation, B. marmoratus (Lath.) = Colymbus marmoratus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 77.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 355).
Synon. Apobapton.
brevirostre / brevirostris
Mod. L. brevirostris having a short beak < L. brevis short; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
