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Ancient Murrelet

Synthliboramphus antiquus ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: ALCIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Widespread throughout the north Pacific, the Ancient Murrelet nests colonially in burrows or rock crevices. It is the only seabird that raises its young entirely at sea.

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Calls

  • "Chirrup" call and song of an Ancient Murrelet. Recorded in by Nigel Tucker. Sound and spectrogram courtesy of Macaulay Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
    Recorded by Nigel Tucker
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Widely varied vocal repertoire around the nesting colony, consisting mostly of a rhythmic series of chirrups and chips.

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