Marbled Murrelet Threatened

When airborne the stubby wings of the murrelet beat very rapidly the canadian population was designated threatened by cosewic in 1990.

Marbled murrelet threatened. The marbled murrelet populations in washington oregon and california were listed as threatened in 1992 by the u s. Throughout much of their range they fly inland for nesting in older forests. White the marbled murrelet can be distinguished by its white throat and a horizontal white strip above the folded wing. A unique and threatened seabird.

The marbled murrelet is a small robin sized diving seabird that feeds primarily on fish and invertebrates in near shore marine waters. The canadian population was declared nationally threatened in 1990. They avoid fragmented and partially developed forest landscapes and are declining rapidly in washington and listed as a state endangered species. And about that arcane nickname even though scientists didn t know that marbled murrelets lived up in the old redwood trees before the early 1970s.

The close association of the marbled murrelet and old growth coastal forests and the science and conservation work done make the murrelets truly an iconic bird in redwood national and state parks. It spends the majority of its time on the ocean restingoosting and feeding but comes inland up to 80 kilometers 50 miles to nest in forest stands with old growth forest characteristics. Marbled murrelets brachyramphus marmoratus are small seabirds that nest in old growth forests and feed in the pacific ocean murrelets need large areas of coastal and near coastal old growth forest for nesting. Fws s threatened endangered species system track information about listed species in the united states.

The marbled murrelet is listed as a federal threatened and state endangered species wac 220 610 010 in washington endangered means any wildlife species native to the state that is seriously threatened with extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range within the state. Hence protection of such habitat is essential to the conservation of the species. Marbled murrelets spend most of their lives in marine waters and forage at sea on small fish and invertebrates. U s fws species profile about species listing status federal register publications recovery critical habitat conservation planning petitions and life history.

Threatened the marbled murrelet is federally listed under the endangered species act as a threatened species in washington oregon and california and state listed as endangered in california and as threatened in oregon and washington critical habitat is designated for the species and a new proposal for critical habitat is available for review.