Craveri's Murrelet
“Brachyrhamphus craverii. Craveri’s Murrelet. Entire upper parts unvararied cinereous, slightly darker on head; this color extending on head to include eyelids, and a little farther down on the nape; thence in a straight line along middle of side of neck to shoulders, thence along sides of body in a strip nearly an inch broad, the elongated flank-feathers being also of this color; other under parts pure white, under surface of wing dark. Primaries black, the greater part of their shafts and inner webs whitish. Bill black, the base of lower mandible pale; feet whitish-blue, black below.” Elliot Coues, 1884
Keywords
birds, ornithology, diving birds, seabirds, North American birds, vulnerable species, vulnerable birds, aquatic feeding birds, Brachyrhamphus craverii, Craveri's MurreletGalleries
Bird AnatomySource
Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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