Brachyramphus
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Scientific name | Brachyramphus |
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Phylum | Chordata |
Order | Shorebirds |
Rank | Genus |
Higher classification | Auk |
Mass | Marbled murrelet |
Kittlitz's murrelet | |
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ID | 3006929 |
About Brachyramphus
Brachyramphus is a small genus of seabirds from the North Pacific. Brachyramphus is from Ancient Greek brakhus, "short", and rhamphos, "bill". 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.