Kittlitz's Murrelet

Kittlitz's MurreletThis small seabird lives mostly in Alaska and also in parts of Russia's Far East. The winter adult is mottled brown and white; although it lives at sea, a nest has been documented on a remote alpine ridge.What does it look like?The winter adult is mottled brown and white above, with a paler belly and a short, pointed bill. A white patch on the dark wing is visible in flight.How does it live?This small seabird lives mostly in Alaska and also in parts of Russia's Far East. The winter adult is mottled brown and white; although it lives at sea, a nest has been documented on a remote alpine ridge.It forages at sea, yet a nest documented on Kodiak was a shallow scrape among moss and lichens on a rocky ridge above an alpine lake.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.