Brachyramphus brevirostris (Vigors, 1829)
Kittlitz's murrelet
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Family:  Alcidae ()
Max. size:  23 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 295.8 g
Environment:  others; marine
Distribution:  North Pacific and Arctic: From Sea of Okhotsk east to Alaska, north to Chukchi Sea and south to Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Temperate to polar.
Diagnosis:  Culmen: 1.96 cm; tarsus: 1.81 cm; wing: 13.98 cm.
Biology:  Pursuit diving; continental shelf; <120 km; ice edges (Ref. 356).
IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 07 August 2018 (A4ace) Ref. 123251)
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