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Brachyramphus perdix (Long-billed Murrelet)

Synonyms: Brachyrampus perdix; Cepphus perdix (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) is a small seabird from the North Pacific. The genus name Brachyramphus is from Ancient Greek brakhus, "short", and rhamphos, "bill". The species name perdix is Latin for "partridge" Pallas described this auk as Magnitudine Perdicis. "Murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.8653
EDGE Score: 3.16676
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  243 grams
Female Weight [1]  226 grams
Male Weight [4]  296 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  15 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [2]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  70 %
Forages - Underwater [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  1
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Fledging [1]  21 days
Incubation [1]  30 days
Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years
Wing Span [3]  17 inches (.43 m)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Male Maturity [1]  2 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Aleutian Islands Biosphere Reserve 2720489 Alaska, United States    

Prey / Diet

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Nelson, SK 1997. Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus).. In A. Poole, F. Gill. [eds.]. The birds of North America, No. 276. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and the American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0