WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Japanese Murrelet

Synthliboramphus wumizusume

Japanese Murrelet belongs to Alcidae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Japanese Murrelet · Synthliboramphus wumizusume — Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name: Synthliboramphus wumizusume
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
Conservation record: VU · Vulnerable
Habitat in source: Marine
Reported mass: 198 g
Reported wingspan: 43 cm

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.