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Synthliboramphus antiquus (Ancient Murrelet)

Synonyms: Alca antiquus (homotypic)
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) is a bird in the auk family. The genus name Synthliboramphus is from Ancient Greek sunthlibo, "to compress", and rhamphos, "bill", and antiquus is Latin for ancient. The English term "murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot. It breeds from the Yellow Sea (islands off China), through the Russian Pacific coast and the Aleutian Islands to the Haida Gwaii archipelago of British Columbia, where about half of the world population breeds. There are two listed subspecies:
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Infraspecies

Synthliboramphus antiquus antiquus
Synthliboramphus antiquus microrhynchos

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
20
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.7838
EDGE Score: 2.05205
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  206 grams
Birth Weight [3]  33 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Coastal cliffs and islands, Coastal marine
Wintering Geography [2]  Pacific Coast
Wintering Habitat [2]  Coastal marine
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [4]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  70 %
Forages - Underwater [4]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  2 years
Male Maturity [3]  2 years
Clutch Size [3]  2
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  1,000,000
Incubation [3]  33 days
Mating System [7]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [6]  5 years
Migration [5]  Intercontinental
Wing Span [8]  16 inches (.41 m)

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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