Kittlitz's Murrelet

Here the details of the Kittlitz's Murrelet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Brachyramphus brevirostris
Protonym:  Uria brevirostris Zool.J. 4 p.357
Taxonomy:  Charadriiformes / Alcidae / Brachyramphus
Taxonomy Code:  kitmur
Type Locality:  San Bias, Mexico, error = North Pacific Ocean.
Author:  Vigors
Publish Year:  1829
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

BRACHYRAMPHUS
(Alcidae; Ϯ Marbled Murrelet B. marmoratus) Gr. βραχυς brakhus  short; ῥαμφος rhamphos  bill; "3. Gen. Brachyramphus. Nob.  Rostrum capite multo brevius, apice adunco, lateribus fortius compresso. Narium dimidia pars pennulis tecta. Pedes debiliores.   a. Subgen. Apobapton Nob.  Rostrum minus elevatum, angustius.  Spec. 1. Brachyramphus marmoratus Nob. — Uria marmorata Lath.; Cepphus perdix Pall. Zoogr. T. II. p. 351.   Spec. 2. Brachyramphus Wrangelii Nob.  ...  Patria Aleuticae Insulae.   Spec. 3. Brachyramphus brachypterus Nob.  ...  Patria Unalaschka.  Spec. 4. Brachyramphus Kittlitzii Nob.  ...  Patria Kamtschatka." (Brandt 1837); "Brachyramphus M. Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersb., 2, 1837, col. 346. Type, by subsequent designation, B. marmoratus (Lath.) = Colymbus marmoratus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 77.)" (Peters, 1934, II, p. 355).
Synon. Apobapton.

brevirostre / brevirostris
Mod. L. brevirostris  having a short beak  < L. brevis  short; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.