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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Brachyramphus marmoratus

Marbled Murrelet

WoRMS 254308ITIS 176996key itis:176996
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2026-08-05: worms_id 254308 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · Matías Muñoz · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Brachyramphus marmoratus
Marbled Murrelet25 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · sealifebase

Photograph of Brachyramphus marmoratus
Photo · Matt Muir · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The marbled murrelet is a small seabird from the North Pacific. It is a member of the family Alcidae, which includes auklets, guillemots, murres and puffins.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1988 and 2007.R

4
observations
4
records
4
sampling events
1988–2007
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Seabirds & Marine Mammals 4 obs · 4 events · 1988–2007
    name used: Brachyramphus marmoratus Marbled Murrelet · code MAMU

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:176996%22