Ancient Murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The ancient murrelet is a bird in the auk family. The English term "murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot. Ancient murrelets are called "ancient" because they have grey on the back like a shawl, as worn by the elderly.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Alcidae
- Genus
- Synthliboramphus