Brachyramphus

Brachyramphus is a small genus of seabirds from the North Pacific. Brachyramphus is from Ancient Greek brakhus, 'short', and rhamphos, 'bill'. The species are named as 'murrelets'; this is a diminutive of 'murre', a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot.