Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Auks, Murres and Puffins :: Xantus' Murrelet

Xantus' Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

Described by: Xantus de Vesey (1860)
Alternate common name(s): Xantus's Murrelet, Scripps' Murrelet, Scripps's Murrelet
Old scientific name(s): Endomychura hypoleucus, Brachyramphus hypoleucus

Photographs

Pacific Ocean west of Carmel, California, USA - Aug 31, 2003 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean west of Carmel, California, USA - Aug 31, 2003 © Glen Tepke  Santa Barbara Channel, near Santa Rosa Island, California, USA - Apr 22, 2006 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean west of Carmel, California, USA - Aug 31, 2003 © Glen Tepke  Pacific Ocean, southwest of Santa Barbara, California, USA - Sep 8, 2007 © Glen Tepke 
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Range

Coastal sw. North America;
(1) Is. off coasts of the sw. United States (s. California on San Miguel, Anacapa, Santa Barbara and possibly other n. Channel Is.) and w. Mexico (w. Baja on Los Coronados, Todos Santos, San Benito and Natividad Is).
(2) S. California (Santa Barbara Is.) and nw. Baja (Guadalupe Is., San Benito Is.).
Winters from sw. Canada (British Columbia) to nw. Mexico (Baja).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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