Kittlitz's Murrelet

Brachyramphus brevirostris

IUCN: Near Threatened

Taxonomy

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
Genus: Brachyramphus
eBird Code: kitmur

Distribution

breeds coastal strip up to 75 km inland, patchily from Wrangel Island, Chukotka, northeastern Kamchatka, and northern Sea of Okhotsk (eastern Russia), eastward to Bering Sea and Aleutian islands and southeastern Alaska; winters bays and fjords in breeding range

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (kitmur) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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