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Synthliboramphus wumizusume (Temminck, 1836)
Japanese murrelet
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Aves | Charadriiformes | Alcidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Others. Subtropical; 48°N - 29°N, 124°E - 156°E (Ref. 125423)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northwest Pacific: From Sakhalin, south to Izu Islands (Japan), west to North and South Korea and east to Hokkaido (Japan) and Kuril Islands. Subtropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 295.80 g (Ref. 356)
Short description Morphology
Culmen: 1.96 cm; tarsus: 1.805 cm; wing: 14.35 cm.
Similar diet to that of Ancient Murrelet. Plunge diving; warm-current waters; offshore, to the edge of the continental shelf; upwellings and converging currents (Ref. 356).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Carter, H.R., K. Ono, J.N. Fries, H. Hasegawa, M. Ueta, H. Higuchi, J.T. Moyer, L.K. Ochikubo Chan, L.N. de Forest, M. Hasegawa and G.B. van Vliet 2002 Status and conservation of the Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume) in the Izu Islands, Japan. Journal of Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 33(2):61-87. (Ref. 6836)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Vulnerable (VU) (C2a(ii)); Date assessed: 07 August 2018
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Appendix I: Endangered migratory species
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 3.8 - 22.1, mean 17.4 (based on 80 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.