Auks (Alcidae) - HBW 3
Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
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.
- Vulnerable
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A bird swimming. Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 26 sec 3.8
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Adult, one of a pair, post-breeding Biro Island, Kyushu, Japan
Alan Tate 1 May 2007 14 weeks ago 4.2
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