ARCTIC Birds of the Thule District, Northwest Greenland

ABSTRACT. The avifauna of the Thule district was studied during three breeding season visits in 1983-85. The results are presented here, supplemented by data from four late summer expeditions made in 1983-86 by M. Lea, A. Erskine and W. Higgs. Counting the two redpolls as one, 47 species have been r...

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Main Author: Richard Vaughan
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1986
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Key words
birds
ornithology
Greenland
Thule district
Arctic
Erskine
Arctic birds
Thule
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.531.7196
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic41-1-53.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT. The avifauna of the Thule district was studied during three breeding season visits in 1983-85. The results are presented here, supplemented by data from four late summer expeditions made in 1983-86 by M. Lea, A. Erskine and W. Higgs. Counting the two redpolls as one, 47 species have been recorded from the Thule district, 17 of them seabirds, 10 shorebirds and 7 waterfowl. There are at least 21 species with established breeding populations. Status changes are demonstrated for three species, and three Nearctic species are recorded here for the Thule district for the first time.

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