Marbled Murrelet / Brachyramphus marmoratus
Marbled Murrelet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Colymbus marmoratus Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.583
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Alcidae / Brachyramphus
Taxonomy Code: marmur
Type Locality: Western America and Kamchatka = Prince WiUiam Sound, Alaska, ex Pennant.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Endangered
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.
marmorata / marmoratum / marmoratus
L. marmoratus marbled < marmor, marmoris marble < Gr. μαρμαρος marmaros marble < μαρμαιρω marmairō to sparkle.
● ex “Marbled Guillemot” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Brachyramphus).
● ex “Marbled Godwit” of Latham 1785, and Pennant 1787 (syn. Limosa fedoa).
● ex “Mbatuitui pecho listado” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos. 389, 390 (syn. Pluvialis dominica).
● ex “Garza jaspeada” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 353 (subsp. Tigrisoma lineatum).
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)