Brachyramphus marmoratus (Marbled Murrelet)
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ADW: Brachyramphus marmoratus: INFORMATION Shoreline regions of the north Pacific Ocean: Western - Japan to Kamchatka, Russia, Eastern- central California to southern Alaska. The general habitat of the Marbled Murrelet is near coastal waters, tide-rips, bays, and mountains. Nesting sites are in higher elevations, exclusively in old growth forests of 175-600 years in age (barring a few ground nests on Alaskan Islands). Nest sites are large, moss covered, horizontal branches with an average height of 45 meters. The sites are often a substantial distance from the coast (Peterson, 1961; Carter and Morrison, 1992; Singer, 1990).
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| Page title: | ADW: Brachyramphus marmoratus: INFORMATION |
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| IP-address: | 141.213.176.11 |
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| NS | Name Servers: DNS1.ITD.UMICH.EDU 141.211.144.15 DNS2.ITD.UMICH.EDU 141.211.125.15 |
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| Date | activated: 07-Oct-1985 last updated: 14-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |