The Breeding Birds of Orkney
Summary A brief description is given of the islands, the main habitats and their characteristic birds. Twenty per cent of the Caithness avifauna is not established in Orkney, and 32 per cent, of the Orkney breeding birds are not established in Shetland. The same species fall away much more gradually...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1943.tb03992.x 2024-06-02T08:02:16+00:00 The Breeding Birds of Orkney Lack, David 1943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1943.tb03992.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1943.tb03992.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1943.tb03992.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ibis volume 85, issue 1, page 1-27 ISSN 0019-1019 1474-919X journal-article 1943 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1943.tb03992.x 2024-05-03T11:01:51Z Summary A brief description is given of the islands, the main habitats and their characteristic birds. Twenty per cent of the Caithness avifauna is not established in Orkney, and 32 per cent, of the Orkney breeding birds are not established in Shetland. The same species fall away much more gradually to the north in Scandinavia. Inter‐island distributions are tabulated. Birch‐forest grew in Orkney in post‐Glacial times, but has now nearly vanished. The bird races of the Outer Hebrides are related to those of Ireland. Orkney races have not been adequately studied. At the present day 92 species breed regularly in Orkney, six formerly regular are extinct, and a number more have bred irregularly or doubtfully. Points of biological interest in the annotated species list include (i.) marked fluctuations in many species; (ii.) recent colonization of Orkney in 26 species, mainly woodland birds and ducks; (iii.) marked habitat adaptations in Linnet, Rock‐Pipit, Song‐Thrush, Blackbird, Ring‐Dove and Fulmar; (iv.) habitat differences between Herring and Lesser Black‐backed Gulls; (v.) distribution of the two phases of the Arctic Skua. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic skua Wiley Online Library Arctic Fulmar ENVELOPE(-46.016,-46.016,-60.616,-60.616) Ibis 85 1 1 27 |
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Summary A brief description is given of the islands, the main habitats and their characteristic birds. Twenty per cent of the Caithness avifauna is not established in Orkney, and 32 per cent, of the Orkney breeding birds are not established in Shetland. The same species fall away much more gradually to the north in Scandinavia. Inter‐island distributions are tabulated. Birch‐forest grew in Orkney in post‐Glacial times, but has now nearly vanished. The bird races of the Outer Hebrides are related to those of Ireland. Orkney races have not been adequately studied. At the present day 92 species breed regularly in Orkney, six formerly regular are extinct, and a number more have bred irregularly or doubtfully. Points of biological interest in the annotated species list include (i.) marked fluctuations in many species; (ii.) recent colonization of Orkney in 26 species, mainly woodland birds and ducks; (iii.) marked habitat adaptations in Linnet, Rock‐Pipit, Song‐Thrush, Blackbird, Ring‐Dove and Fulmar; (iv.) habitat differences between Herring and Lesser Black‐backed Gulls; (v.) distribution of the two phases of the Arctic Skua. |
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The Breeding Birds of Orkney |
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The Breeding Birds of Orkney |
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The Breeding Birds of Orkney |
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The Breeding Birds of Orkney |
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The Breeding Birds of Orkney |
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breeding birds of orkney |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1943.tb03992.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1943.tb03992.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1943.tb03992.x |
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Arctic Arctic skua |
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Ibis volume 85, issue 1, page 1-27 ISSN 0019-1019 1474-919X |
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