Scripps's murrelet [SEP] parent taxon
Scripps's murrelet
Scripps's murrelet ("Synthliboramphus scrippsi") is a small seabird found in the California Current system in the Pacific Ocean. This auk breeds on islands off California and Mexico. It is threatened by predators introduced to its breeding colonies and by oil spills.
This species and the Guadalupe murrelet were considered conspecific and were known collectively as Xantus's murrelet until 2012. The two species are now considered distinct based on a lack of evidence of interbreeding at a shared nesting colony on the San Benito Islands,
auks).
- Little auk
- Thick-billed murre
- Common murre
- Razorbill
- Great auk
- Black guillemot
- Spectacled guillemot
- Pigeon guillemot
- Marbled murrelet
- Long-billed murrelet
- Kittlitz's murrelet
- Guadalupe murrelet
- Scripps's murrelet
- Craveri's murrelet
- Ancient murrelet
- Japanese murrelet
- Cassin's auklet
- Parakeet auklet
- Least auklet
- Whiskered auklet
- Crested auklet
- Rhinoceros auklet
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