Birds of Bylot Island and Adjacent Baffin Island

each summer since 1989, revealed an avifauna composed of 63 species, of which 35 were breeding. Thirteen species are new records for the region, including one for the Northwest Territories (black-headed gull Larus ridibundus) and two for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (killdeer Charadrius vociferus...

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Main Authors: Denis Lepage, David N. Nettleship, Austin Reed
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
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Key words
arctic birds
avifauna
avian distribution
Baffin Island
Bylot Island
Arctic
Canada
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Northwest Territories
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic birds
Baffin
Branta canadensis
Calidris canutus
Canada Goose
Larus canus
Red Knot
Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.514.6343
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic51-2-125.pdf
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Summary:each summer since 1989, revealed an avifauna composed of 63 species, of which 35 were breeding. Thirteen species are new records for the region, including one for the Northwest Territories (black-headed gull Larus ridibundus) and two for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (killdeer Charadrius vociferus; mew gull Larus canus). Two species, Canada goose (Branta canadensis) and red knot (Calidris canutus), were also confirmed as breeders for the first time in the region. A summary of these avifaunal observations, along with a review of previous observations made in the region, allows changes in population size and status of individual species to be identified. These records combined with those from earlier studies give a total of 74 species for the Bylot Island region, 45 confirmed as breeders. This makes the avian community in the area one of the most diverse known north of 70˚N latitude in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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