The BioFiles - Bill Hubick

Scripp's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)
Genus Synthliboramphus Family Alcidae Order Charadriiformes Class Aves Phylum Chordata Kingdom Animalia Biodiversity

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About

Scripp's Murrelets breed on islands off California and Mexico north to the Channel Islands. This species and Guadalupe Murrelet were split from Xantus's Murrelet in 2012. I saw my first on a pelagic out of Monterey, California in August 2021.

Synonyms:

  • SCMU