Auks (Alcidae)
Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume) - HBW 3, p. 716
French: Guillemot du Japon
German: Japanalk
Spanish: Mérgulo Japonés
Other common names: Crested Murrelet
Taxonomy: Uria wumizusume Temminck, 1835, Japan.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Coasts and islands off E & S Japan (Izu Is S to Shikoku and Kyushu) and South Korea. Winters mostly offshore from breeding locations.
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swim and dive Locality Yilan County, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 19 February 2012 1 year ago 2 min 4 sec 4.2 -
A bird swimming. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 3 years ago 26 sec 4.1 -
A group of birds swimming and then diving. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3.6 -
A bird swimming peacefully. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 3.4 -
Two birds swimming. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 23 sec 3.3 -
A bird swimming and diving. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 3.3
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An adult in breeding plumage, swimming.
Locality Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 February 2005 18 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult, one of a pair, post-breeding
Locality Biro Island, Kyushu, Japan
Alan Tate 1 May 2007 3 years ago 4.3 -
A bird swimming.
Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Jordi Sargatal 27 January 2010 12 weeks ago 4.2 -
A breeding plumaged adult in flight.
Locality Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 February 2005 18 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird swimming on the sea.
Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 3.1 -
A bird swimming.
Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 2 years ago 3
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