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Melanistic Common Murre on Gull Island

By Alaska Science Center
A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre and on rock cliff. A normal black and white Common Murre to left on cliff.
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A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre stands near the base of the Gull Island breeding colony in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, 2017. See related paper published in the Marine Ornithology: Journal of Seabird Research and Conservation at: http://www.marineornithology.org/PDF/50_2/50_2_225-227.pdf.

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Public Domain.

Photo taken by Sarah Schoen, USGS