Species profile
Ancient Murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL, NA. Breeding subregions are temperate nw to ne North Pacific coasts: patchily Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea, Aleutian Is., Gulf of Alaska to w British Columbia (sw Canada). Non breeding regions are to Sea of Japan and sw Pacific coast of Japan, and s California; prone to long-distance vagrancy, s Canada and n USA.
- Scientific name
- Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Family
- Alcidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Synthliboramphus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Ancient Murrelet in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.