Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
David N. Nettleship and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 3, 2017
Text last updated March 3, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | gavotí del Japó |
| Chinese | 冠海雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 冠海雀 |
| Czech | alkoun japonský |
| Dutch | Japanse Alk |
| English | Japanese Murrelet |
| English (United States) | Japanese Murrelet |
| French | Guillemot du Japon |
| French (France) | Guillemot du Japon |
| German | Japanalk |
| Icelandic | Skúfklumba |
| Japanese | カンムリウミスズメ |
| Korean | 뿔쇠오리 |
| Norwegian | japanstarik |
| Polish | morzyk japoński |
| Russian | Хохлатый старик |
| Serbian | Japanska njorčica |
| Slovak | starček chochlatý |
| Spanish | Mérgulo Japonés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mérgulo japonés |
| Swedish | japansk alka |
| Turkish | Japon Alkı |
| Ukrainian | Моржик чубатий |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Temminck, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Uria wumizusume
Temminck, 1836. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.98, pl.579.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shores of Japan and Korea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS
- wumizusume
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Japanese Murrelet
