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Brachyramphus

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Marbled Murrelet
species of bird
Long-billed Murrelet
species of bird
Kittlitz's Murrelet
species of bird
Brachyramphus
Brachyramphus is a small genus of seabirds from the North Pacific. Brachyramphus is from Ancient Greek brakhus, "short", and rhamphos, "bill". In English the species are named as "murrelets"; this is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot.