Brachyramphus
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Brachyramphus is a small genus of seabirds from the North Pacific. Brachyramphus is from Ancient Greek brakhus, "short", and rhamphos, "bill". In English the species are named as "murrelets"; this is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot.[1][2]
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Brachyramphus | |
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Long-billed murrelet Brachyramphus perdix | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Alcidae |
Genus: | Brachyramphus Brandt, JF, 1837 |
Type species | |
Colymbus marmoratus Gmelin, JF, 1789 | |
Species | |
B. marmoratus |
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