Marbled murrelet

Brachyramphus marmoratus

The Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a bird found in United States. Found in the United States. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Brachyramphus marmoratus
Region	North America
Found in	United States

🏡 Where the Marbled murrelet lives

Found in the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs70%
🐟 Fish30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 220 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and fish.

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Recorded by Kayla Brown (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC749455. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Marbled murrelet

Where does the Marbled murrelet live?

The Marbled murrelet lives in United States. Found in the United States.

What does the Marbled murrelet eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), fish (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Marbled murrelet endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from North America

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.