A Second Breeding Site for Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea

• Main Authors: Peter Meister, Corinne Rabouam
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Mots clés; mouette de Ross; Rhodostethia rosea; nidification; bassin Foxe; île du Prince-Charles; Nunavut; Canada; Foxe Basin; Prince Charles Island; Arctic; Barrow; Île du Prince-Charles; Point Barrow; Prince Charles island; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.507.567; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic53-3-234.pdf

ABSTRACT. Only 15 cases of breeding of Ross’s gull Rhodostethia rosea are known outside of Siberia. While numerous birds are regularly seen in the fall at Point Barrow, Alaska, until now only one breeding locality has been known for Nunavut, Canada. We found a second breeding locality in Nunavut in...