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Species
Least Concernancient murrelet
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyAlcidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Synthliboramphus
- Mass
- 206
- Image
- Ancient Murrelet - Semiahmoo Spit.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Commons category
- Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Commons gallery
- Synthliboramphus antiquus
- wingspan
- 41.5
- litter size
- 1.96
- longest observed lifespan
- 5
- taxon common name
- mérgulo-ancião
- short name
- S. antiquus
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Encyclopedic overview
The ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) is a bird in the auk family. The English term "murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot. Ancient murrelets are called "ancient" because they have grey on the back like a shawl, as worn by the elderly.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ancient Murrelet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.