Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) Science Article 1
abstract
The Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus is a smallmember of the Alcidae widely distributed in the North Pacifictemperate and subarctic zones during the breeding season. Thespecies is completely nocturnal when coming and going from thecolony and mainly nests in burrows or in cavities under tree roots
AKIKO SHOJI & ANTHONY J. GASTON, Marine Ornithology 36: 197-198 (2008)