Ancient Murrelet

Synthliboramphus antiquus (JF Gmelin, 1789) 6450
Family: Charadriiformes > Alcidae

This small seabird normally lives on the Pacific coast of Canada, where it nests in trees, but one turned up unexpectedly off Lundy in 1990, much to the delight of nearly 4,000 birders who travelled to see the bird.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
17 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
17 records

BTO RECORDS

17 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
17 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Ancient Murrelet, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Catalan: gavotí antic
Czech: alkoun cernohrdlý
Danish: Hvidbrynet Dværgalk
Dutch: Zilveralk
Estonian: vaarörd
Finnish: mustakurkkumurri
French: Guillemot à cou blanc
German: Silberalk
Hungarian: ezüstalka
Icelandic: Fornklumba
Italian: Urietta canuta
Latvian: sirma kairite
Lithuanian: sidabrine alka
Norwegian: Nordstarik
Polish: morzyk sedziwy
Portuguese: torda-miúda-do-pacífico
Slovak: starcek strakatý
Slovenian: crnogrla lumnica
Spanish: Mérgulo antiguo
Swedish: kragalka

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

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