Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (25 species) Again?
IUCN and region codes at bottom of page.
Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - CHARADRIIFORMES |
| Ancient Murrelet i | Alcidae | Synthliboramphus antiquus | PAL, NA | temperate nw to ne North Pacific coasts: patchily Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea, Aleutian Is., Gulf of Alaska to w British Columbia (sw Canada) | to Sea of Japan and sw Pacific coast of Japan, and s California; prone to long-distance vagrancy, s Canada and n USA |
| Atlantic Puffin (VU) i | Alcidae | Fratercula arctica | PAL, NA | subarctic and temperate North Atlantic coasts: w, ec Greenland, Iceland, Faroe, British, and Channel is., nw France, s to n Scandinavia, Svalbard (n of Norway) and Novaya Zemlya (nw Russia); n Hudson Bay to se Canada and Maine (e Canada, ne USA) | pelagic in North Atlantic and marginal seas, to North Carolina in Gulf Stream of w North Pacific and to Azores (n Macaronesia, nw of Africa) and Iberian Pen. |
| Black Guillemot i | Alcidae | Cepphus grylle | NA, PAL | coasts of high Arctic to n temperate North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean | to ice-free waters near breeding range |
| Cassin's Auklet (NT) i | Alcidae | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | NA, MA | e North Pacific coastal is. | |
| Common Murre i | Alcidae | Uria aalge | NA, PAL | subarctic to temperate (locally Arctic) n coasts | to Virginia in Gulf Stream (w North Atlantic); to Iberian Pen. (e North Atlantic); to n Japan (w North Pacific); to nw Baja California (nw Mexico; e North Pacific) |
| Craveri's Murrelet (VU) i U | Alcidae | Synthliboramphus craveri | NA, MA | ec North Pacific coast: is. Cedros, San Benito and Asuncion-San Jorge (w of wc Baja California), islands in Gulf of California, including Rasa and Tiburon (n Gulf of California) and Partida (s Gulf of California) | to coastal c California and Jalisco (wc Mexico) |
| Crested Auklet i | Alcidae | Aethia cristatella | PAL, NA | nw to ne North Pacific coasts: patchily from e Chukotka, ne Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Bering Sea is. and Aleutian Is. | pelagic to Hokkaido and n Honshu (n Japan) and Gulf of Alaska |
| Great Auk (EX) i | Alcidae | Pinguinus impennis | NA, PAL | n North Atlantic coasts: e Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles and Denmark | to e USA and w, c Mediterranean |
| Guadalupe Murrelet (EN) i U | Alcidae | Synthliboramphus hypoleucus | MA | ec North Pacific coast: is. Guadalupe and San Benito (w of c Baja California, nw Mexico) | n to coastal n California |
| Horned Puffin i | Alcidae | Fratercula corniculata | PAL, NA | Arctic to temperate North Pacific coasts: Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia), Beaufort Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia), Bering Sea is., Aleutian Is. and patchily n, w, s Alaska to British Columbia | pelagic and coastal in North Pacific Ocean, mostly within limits of breeding range |
| Japanese Murrelet (VU) i | Alcidae | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | PAL | w North Pacific coasts: islands off w Honshu, Kyushu and Izu Is. (c, s Japan), s of Korean Pen. and ?far se Russia | to Hokkaido (n of Japan) and se of Japan |
| Kittlitz's Murrelet (NT) i U | Alcidae | Brachyramphus brevirostris | PAL, NA | Arctic to subarctic nw to ne North Pacific coasts: patchily from Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia), Chukotka, ne Kamchatka, n Sea of Okhotsk (e Russia); Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Gulf of Alaska to se Alaska; nests up to 75 km inland | to bays and fjords within breeding range |
| Least Auklet i | Alcidae | Aethia pusilla | PAL, NA | nw to ne North Pacific coasts: patchily from e Chukotka, ne Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Bering Sea is. and Aleutian Is. | pelagic in North Pacific, to n Sea of Japan and w British Columbia (sw Canada) |
| Little Auk i | Alcidae | Alle alle | NA, PAL | coasts of high Arctic from ne Canada to nw of Russia; more rarely to Bering Strait | s in Gulf Stream to North Carolina; to n British Isles and North Sea |
| Long-billed Murrelet (NT) i | Alcidae | Brachyramphus perdix | PAL | coastal strip of temperate w North Pacific: Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin (e Russia) and n Hokkaido (n Japan); nests up to 30 km inland | to coastal c Japan; prone to long-distance vagrancy to continental USA |
| Marbled Murrelet (EN) i | Alcidae | Brachyramphus marmoratus | NA | coastal strip of temperate c, e North Pacific: Aleutian Is. to c California; nests up to 100 km inland | to coastal s California |
| Parakeet Auklet i | Alcidae | Aethia psittacula | PAL, NA | nw to ne North Pacific coasts: patchily from e Chukotka, ne Kamchatka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Bering Sea is., Aleutian Is., and Gulf of Alaska | pelagic in North Pacific, reaching n Sea of Japan and w British Columbia (sw Canada) |
| Pigeon Guillemot i | Alcidae | Cepphus columba | PAL, NA | Arctic to temperate nw to ec North Pacific coasts: s Chukotka to Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Gulf of Alaska to c California | n PO |
| Razorbill i | Alcidae | Alca torda | NA, PAL | low Arctic to n temperate North Atlantic coasts: Greenland, Iceland, British Is. to Scandinavia, nw France and the White Sea (nw Russia), ne Canada to Gulf of Maine | to Gulf Stream off North Carolina (w North Atlantic); to Iberian Pen. (e North Atlantic) and w Mediterranean Sea |
| Rhinoceros Auklet i | Alcidae | Cerorhinca monocerata | PAL, NA | temperate North Pacific coasts: off Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (se Russia), Hokkaido and n Honshu (n Japan), Aleutian Is., s, se Alaska to s California | to s Japan, Korean Pen. (w North Pacific) and n Baja California (e North Pacific) |
| Scripps's Murrelet (VU) i | Alcidae | Synthliboramphus scrippsi | NA, MA | ec North Pacific coast: Channel Is. (s California) and islands off nw, nc Baja California to San Benito (nw Mexico) | n to coastal Washington (ec North Pacific Ocean) |
| Spectacled Guillemot i | Alcidae | Cepphus carbo | PAL | temperate w North Pacific coast: Sea of Okhotsk, s Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Kuril Is. (e Russia), Hokkaido (n Japan) and ?ne Korean Pen. | to c Japan and s Korean Pen. |
| Thick-billed Murre i | Alcidae | Uria lomvia | NA, PAL | HolArctic, high and low Arctic (locally temperate) coasts | s of pack-ice, to coastal New York |
| Tufted Puffin i | Alcidae | Fratercula cirrhata | PAL, NA | Arctic to temperate n Pacific coasts: n Chukotka, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia), off se Hokkaido (n Japan), Bering Sea is., Aleutian Is., w, s Alaska to c California | highly pelagic in North Pacific Ocean, and nearshore to s Japan and s California |
| Whiskered Auklet i | Alcidae | Aethia pygmaea | PAL, NA | nc, nw North Pacific coasts: patchily from Sea of Okhotsk, Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia) and Aleutian Is. | |
75% 18 species of 25 (1 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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