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title: "Torda-miúda-do-pacífico"
description: "Synthliboramphus antiquus — Aves. The ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) is a bird in the auk family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ancient-murrelet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Torda-miúda-do-pacífico

> Synthliboramphus antiquus — Aves. The ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) is a bird in the auk family.

- Scientific name: *Synthliboramphus antiquus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1431
- Wikidata: [Q1260205](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260205)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4561](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4561)

## Names

- en: Ancient Murrelet
- de: Silberalk
- es: Mérgulo antiguo
- fr: Guillemot à cou blanc
- nl: Zilveralk
- pt: Torda-miúda-do-pacífico
- pl: Morzyk sędziwy

## Countries with the most observations

US (646), CA (238), KR (117), RU (72), HK (23), JP (22), CN (20), ES (13), TW (4)

## Summary

The ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) is a bird in the auk family. The English term "murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot. Ancient murrelets are called "ancient" because they have grey on the back like a shawl, as worn by the elderly.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_murrelet

## Photo

![Torda-miúda-do-pacífico](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ancient-murrelet/medium.jpg)

Photo: nickajacket · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192482118

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ancient-murrelet?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).