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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A bird swimming. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 3.8 -
A bird swimming peacefully. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 3.4 -
A group of birds swimming and then diving. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 3.4 -
Two birds swimming. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year 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 1 year ago 30 sec 3.3 -
A group of birds diving. Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 30 sec 3.3
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Adult, one of a pair, post-breeding
Locality Biro Island, Kyushu, Japan
Alan Tate 1 May 2007 2 years ago 4.2 -
A bird swimming.
Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 3 -
A bird swimming on the sea.
Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 2.9 -
A bird swimming looking for food.
Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 2.9 -
A dorsal view of a bird swimming.
Locality Kadogawa Harbour, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 January 2010 1 year ago 2.7
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