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Definition of Murrelets

Murrelet
Murrelet Murre"let, n. [Murre + -let.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres.

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- All lakes used by marbled murrelets occur within potential nesting habitat. From southeast Alaska southward, marbled murrelets use mature or old-growth...
- guillemot. Ancient murrelets are called "ancient" because they have grey on the back like a shawl, as worn by the elderly. The ancient murrelet was formally...
- coasts; and the puffins, auklets, and some murrelets nest in burrows. All species except the Brachyramphus murrelets are colonial. Traditionally, the auks...
- inland in old growth forests. The long-billed murrelet, like its cousins the marbled and Kittlitz's murrelets, is thought to have experienced a decline in...
- incubated for about a month. Like other synthliboramphine murrelets (e.g. the ancient murrelet) the chicks are highly precocial, leaving the nest within...
- Jr. & S.I. Bond (1975). "Morphological variation and species limits in murrelets of the genus Endomychura". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural...
- "Postbreeding Dispersal and Drift-Net Mortality of Endangered ****anese Murrelets". The Auk. 111 (4): 953–961. doi:10.2307/4088827. JSTOR 4088827. Takeishi...
- murrelet, native to the California Current system, has been split into two species: Scripps's murrelet, Synthliboramphus scrippsi Guadalupe murrelet,...
- are incubated for about a month. Like other murrelets of the genus Synthliboramphus (like the ancient murrelet) the chicks are highly precocial, leaving...
- USS Murrelet (AM-372) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy to remove mines from minefields laid to prevent ships from p****ing...