Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Alcidae
Brachyramphus sp.—Murres // Cepphus columba—Pigeon Guillemot // Cerorhinca sp.—Undescribed Auklet // Fratercula cirrhata—Tufted Puffin // Fratercula dowi—Dow's Puffin // Ptychoramphus aleuticus—Cassin's Auklet // Synthliboramphus antiquus—Ancient Murrelet // Synthliboramphus hypoleucus—Guadalupe Murrelet // Uria sp.—Murres // Uria aalge—Common Murre
Alcids are sea birds, generally nesting in colonies inaccessible to terrestrial predators.
Sites.
Rancholabrean: Channel St. between Gaffey St. and Harbor Freeway, San Pedro (Jefferson 1991a).
Literature. Jefferson 1991a.
Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998.
Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998.
Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: West End, San Nicolas Island (Jefferson 1991a).
Literature. Jefferson 1991a.
Fig. 1. Tufted Puffin in breeding plumage. Photograph by Mike Boylan, courtesy of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998.
Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: San Miguel Island (Guthrie et al. 2000).
Literature. Guthrie et al. 2000.
Sites.
Sangamon: San Pedro Lumber Co. (Jefferson 1991a).
Wisconsin: Viscaino Point (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998; Jefferson 1991a.
Sites.
Rancholabrean: San Pedro Lumber Yard (Jefferson 1991a).
Sangamon: San Pedro Lumber Co. (Jefferson 1991a).
Wisconsin: Zuma Creek (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid/Late Wisconsin: San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998; Jefferson 1991a.
Sites.
Wisconsin: Viscaino Point (Jefferson 1991a).
Literature. Jefferson 1991a.
(Salvadori, 1865)Sites.
Mid/Late Wisconsin: San Miguel Island (Guthrie 1998).
Literature. Guthrie 1998.
Sites.
Early Irvingtonian: Gypsum Ridge (Wagner and Prothero 2001).
Literature. Wagner and Prothero 2001.
Sites.
Sangamon: Costa Mesa San Isabel (Jefferson 2014); Lincoln Ave (Howard 1936).
Wisconsin: Zuma Creek (Jefferson 1991a).
Literature. Howard 1936; Jefferson 2014.
Last Update: 7 May 2015