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Brachyramphus marmoratus (Marbled Murrelet)

Synonyms: Brachyramphus marmoratus maroratum; Brachyrampus marmoratus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a small seabird from the North Pacific. It is a member of the auk family. It nests in old-growth forests or on the ground at higher latitudes where trees cannot grow. Its habit of nesting in trees was suspected but not documented until a tree-climber found a chick in 1974 making it one of the last North American bird species to have its nest described.
View Wikipedia Record: Brachyramphus marmoratus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Brachyramphus marmoratus

Attributes

Adult Weight [2]  222 grams
Birth Weight [3]  59.8 grams
Female Maturity [2]  2 years
Male Maturity [2]  2 years
Clutch Size [4]  1
Incubation [4]  28 days
Maximum Longevity [2]  7 years
Migration [1]  Intraoceanic
Water Biome [1]  Coastal
Wing Span [5]  17 inches (.443 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Bering tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
California coastal sage and chaparral Mexico, United States Nearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Cherskii-Kolyma mountain tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
East Siberian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Hokkaido deciduous forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Hokkaido montane conifer forests Japan Palearctic Temperate Coniferous Forests
Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra Russia Palearctic Tundra
Kamchatka-Kurile meadows and sparse forests Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Northeast Siberian taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
Sakhalin Island taiga Russia Palearctic Boreal Forests/Taiga
South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests Russia Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Aleutian Islands Biosphere Reserve 2720489 Alaska, United States    
California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve 153447 California, United States  
Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve 864738 British Columbia, Canada  
Denali Biosphere Reserve 1932364 Alaska, United States
Elkhorn Slough Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve Ia 964 California, United States  
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Ib 591068 Alaska, United States
Golden Gate National Recreation Area V 26135 California, United States
Gulf Islands National Park National Park Reserve II 8785 British Columbia, Canada
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve II 366714 British Columbia, Canada
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve 361480 Russia  
Olympic Biosphere Reserve II 922805 Washington, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada
Point Reyes National Seashore II 27068 California, United States
Redwood National Park II 77867 California, United States
Santa Cruz Island Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve 46021 California, United States
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area V 38440 California, United States
Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve 978001 Russia  
Tomales Bay State Park 1659 California, United States
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

Important Bird Areas

BirdLife Species Factsheet: View Factsheet
Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Barkley Sound Canada A1, A4i, A4iii
Cleland Island and Southeast Clayoquot Sound Canada A1, A4i
Desolation Sound Canada A1
Harriman Fjord USA A1
Icy Bay USA A1
Nootka Island banks Canada A1
Port Snettisham USA A1
Uganik Bay and Viekoda Bay USA A1

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No

Prey / Diet

Ammodytes hexapterus (Stout sand lance)[6]
Clupea harengus (Yawling)[7]
Cymatogaster aggregata (Shiner)[6]
Doryteuthis opalescens (california market squid)[7]
Mallotus villosus (Capelin)[7]
Thysanoessa inermis[7]
Thysanoessa spinifera[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aechmophorus occidentalis (Western Grebe)1
Alca torda (Razorbill)1
Alopias vulpinus (Zorro thresher shark)1
Anoplopoma fimbria (Skil)1
Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe Fur Seal)1
Atheresthes stomias (Turbot)2
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)4
Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale)1
Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale)2
Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale)2
Bathyraja interrupta (Sandpaper skate)2
Callorhinus ursinus (Northern Fur Seal)2
Caulolatilus princeps (Bighead tilefish)1
Cepphus columba (Pigeon Guillemot)2
Cepphus grylle (Black Guillemot)1
Cerorhinca monocerata (Rhinoceros Auklet)3
Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Bonaparte's Gull)1
Citharichthys sordidus (Sanddab)1
Clangula hyemalis (Oldsquaw)1
Cystophora cristata (Hooded Seal)2
Dasycottus setiger (Spinyhead sculpin)1
Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga)1
Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin)1
Diaphus theta (California headlightfish)1
Enhydra lutris (Sea Otter)1
Eopsetta jordani (Petrale sole)1
Erignathus barbatus (Bearded Seal)2
Eumetopias jubatus (Steller Sea Lion)1
Fratercula arctica (Atlantic Puffin)2
Fratercula cirrhata (Tufted Puffin)3
Fratercula corniculata (Horned Puffin)2
Fulmarus glacialis (Northern Fulmar)3
Gadus macrocephalus (Pacific cod)2
Gavia arctica (Black-throated Loon)1
Genyonemus lineatus (White croaker)1
Halichoerus grypus (Gray Seal)1
Hexagrammos stelleri (Greenling)2
Hippoglossoides elassodon (Paper sole)1
Hippoglossus stenolepis (Pacific halibut)3
Histriophoca fasciata (Ribbon Seal)1
Hydroprogne caspia (Caspian Tern)1
Kogia breviceps (Pygmy Sperm Whale)1
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific White-sided Dolphin)2
Larus argentatus (Herring Gull)1
Larus californicus (California Gull)1
Larus canus (Mew Gull)2
Larus glaucescens (Glaucous-winged Gull)2
Larus heermanni (Heermann's Gull)1
Larus marinus (Great Black-backed Gull)1
Leptocottus armatus (Cabezon)2
Limanda aspera (Yellowfin sole)1
Lissodelphis borealis (Northern Right Whale Dolphin)1
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)4
Merluccius productus (Whiting)2
Mirounga angustirostris (Northern Elephant Seal)1
Morus bassanus (Northern Gannet)2
Nansenia candida (Bluethroat argentine)1
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii (Cutthroat trout)2
Ophiodon elongatus (Lingcod)2
Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)1
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Harp Seal)2
Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)3
Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)1
Phalacrocorax pelagicus (Pelagic Cormorant)1
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's Cormorant)1
Phoca largha (Spotted Seal)1
Phoca vitulina (Harbor Seal)2
Phocoena phocoena (Harbor Porpoise)3
Phocoenoides dalli (Dall's Porpoise)1
Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Atka mackerel)1
Podiceps auritus (Horned Grebe)1
Podiceps grisegena (Red-necked Grebe)1
Prionace glauca (Tribon blou)2
Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Cassin's Auklet)1
Puffinus creatopus (Pink-footed Shearwater)1
Puffinus griseus (Sooty Shearwater)1
Puffinus tenuirostris (Short-tailed Shearwater)3
Pusa hispida (Ringed Seal)1
Raja binoculata (Big skate)1
Raja rhina (Longnose skate)2
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Turbot)1
Rissa tridactyla (Black-legged Kittiwake)4
Sardinops sagax (Australian pilchard)1
Sebastes alutus (Snapper)1
Sebastes caurinus (Copper rockfish)1
Sebastes crameri (Rockfish)1
Sebastes diploproa (Splitnose rockfish)1
Sebastes flavidus (Yellowtail rockfish)3
Sebastes goodei (Rockfish)1
Sebastes melanops (Black bass)1
Sebastes pinniger (Rockfish)1
Squalus acanthias (Common spiny)2
Stercorarius parasiticus (Parasitic Jaeger)1
Sterna paradisaea (Arctic Tern)2
Synthliboramphus antiquus (Ancient Murrelet)4
Theragra chalcogramma (Whiting)3
Thunnus thynnus (horse mackerel)1
Uria aalge (Common Murre)4
Uria lomvia (Thick-billed Murre)1
Zalophus californianus (California Sealion)1

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 22-Sep-2011, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 4Comparative Reproductive Ecology of the Auks (Family Alcidae) with Emphasis on the Marbled Murrelet, Toni L. De Santo, S. Kim Nelson, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-152. 1995. pp. 33-47 ♦ 5Anatomy and Histochemistry of Flight Muscles in a Wing-Propelled Diving Bird, the Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica, Christopher E. Kovacs and Ron A. Meyers, JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 244:109–125 (2000) ♦ 6Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979 ♦ 7Marbled Murrelet Food Habits and Prey Ecology, Esther E. Burkett, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-152. 1995., Chap 22, p. 223-246
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2007. Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Data provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.
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