WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Marbled murrelets occur in summer from Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Barren
islands, and Aleutian islands south along the coast of North America to
Point Sal, Santa Barbara County, in south-central California [3,16].
Marbled murrelets winter mostly within the same general area, except
that they tend to vacate the most northern sections of their range and
have been recorded as far south as Imperial Beach of San Diego County,
California [16].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
FRES20 Douglas-fir
FRES23 Fir-spruce
FRES24 Hemlock-Sitka spruce
FRES27 Redwood


STATES : 


    
AK
	
CA
    
OR
    
WA
    
BC




BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    3  Southern Pacific Border


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K001  Spruce - cedar - hemlock forest
   K002  Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest
   K003  Silver fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K004  Fir - hemlock forest
   K006  Redwood forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   205  Mountain hemlock
   223  Sitka spruce
   224  Western hemlock
   225  Western hemlock - Sitka spruce
   226  Coastal true fir - hemlock
   227  Western redcedar - western hemlock
   228  Western redcedar
   229  Pacific Douglas-fir
   230  Douglas-fir - western hemlock
   231  Port-Orford-cedar
   232  Redwood
   234  Douglas-fir - tanoak - Pacific madrone


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
In northern regions where coniferous forests nest sites are unavailable,
marbled murrelets occupy alpine or tundra near the ocean [16].  In
Washington and Oregon, marbled murrelets commonly nest in Douglas-fir
(Pseudotsuga menziesii) dominated stands.  They also select stands
dominated by mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), western redcedar
(Thuja plicata), and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) for nesting [4,16].
In California, nests are most often located in redwood (Sequoia
sempervirens) dominated stands with scattered Sitka spruce, western
hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and Douglas-fir.  Marbled murrelets also
occur in stands dominated by Port-Orford-cedar (Chamaecyparis
lawsoniana) [19,22].



REFERENCES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Brachyramphus marmoratus | Marbled Murrelet