Subspecies:
recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
26 cm
Wingspan:
40 cm
Weight:
M/F: 200 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: sunthlibo=to compress + ramphos=bill
and L.: antiquus=ancient
World Distribution:
BREEDS: e Asia, nw North America, WINTERS: n Pacific
Habitat:
Rocky coasts, otherwise pelagic
Diet:
Prob. Mostly young sandeels, planktonic crustaceans
TitBit:
This small seabird, related to the Puffin, normally lives on the Pacific coast of Canada, where it nests in trees, until one turned up unexpectedly in the Bristol Channel off Lundy
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Lundy, 1990
(Waldon, J. 1994. British Birds 87:307-310)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
1
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
No Records
North-east England:
No Records
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Devon
(1990),
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Hvidbrynet dværgalk
Dutch:
Zilveralk
Finnish:
Mustakurkkumurri
French:
Guillemot à cou blanc
German:
Silberalk
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish:
Italian:
Uria minore
Norwegian:
Nordstarik
Polish:
Morzyk sedziwy
Portuguese:
Spanish:
Araocillo antiguo
Swedish:
Kragalka
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Gaston, A.J. 1992 The ancient murrelet, a natural history of the Queen Charlotte Islands Poyser, London
[598.618 GAS]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.21, Jun 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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