Bird Observations in Severnaya Zemlya, Siberia
a limited bird fauna with a total of 17 breeding species. The most numerous breeding birds are cliff-nesting seabirds, comprising little auk (Alle alle), 10 000–80 000 pairs; kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), 5000–10 000; black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), 1000– 5000; ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea), 1000...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.560.4897 2023-05-15T13:16:17+02:00 Bird Observations in Severnaya Zemlya, Siberia The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1995 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.560.4897 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-222.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.560.4897 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-222.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-222.pdf text 1995 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:01:22Z a limited bird fauna with a total of 17 breeding species. The most numerous breeding birds are cliff-nesting seabirds, comprising little auk (Alle alle), 10 000–80 000 pairs; kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), 5000–10 000; black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), 1000– 5000; ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea), 1000–2000; and glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), 500–1000. They breed all over the archipelago, usually in rather small mixed- or single-species colonies. Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) 100–500, and herring gull (Larus argentatus) 1–10, breed as solitary pairs or with a few pairs together. Of tundra birds, only brent goose (Branta bernicla), purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) and snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) are found breeding on most of the major islands. The other tundra species—red-throated diver (Gavia stellata), king eider (Somateria spectabilis), sanderling (Calidris alba), Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca) and Lapland bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)—breed in small numbers and in limited areas, often not every year. Of the even fewer mammal species, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) occurs occasionally, while Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) and Text Alle alle Alopex lagopus Arctic Arctic Fox Arctic Arctic skua Arctic tern Black guillemot Branta bernicla Brent goose Calidris alba Calidris maritima Cepphus grylle Glaucous Gull ivory gull King Eider Larus hyperboreus little auk Long-tailed Skua Nyctea scandiaca Pagophila eburnea Plectrophenax nivalis Purple Sandpiper Rangifer tarandus rissa tridactyla Severnaya Zemlya Snow Bunting snowy owl Somateria spectabilis Stercorarius longicaudus Stercorarius parasiticus Sterna paradisaea Tundra Lapland Sanderling Siberia Unknown Arctic Severnaya Zemlya ENVELOPE(98.000,98.000,79.500,79.500) |
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a limited bird fauna with a total of 17 breeding species. The most numerous breeding birds are cliff-nesting seabirds, comprising little auk (Alle alle), 10 000–80 000 pairs; kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), 5000–10 000; black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), 1000– 5000; ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea), 1000–2000; and glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), 500–1000. They breed all over the archipelago, usually in rather small mixed- or single-species colonies. Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) 100–500, and herring gull (Larus argentatus) 1–10, breed as solitary pairs or with a few pairs together. Of tundra birds, only brent goose (Branta bernicla), purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) and snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) are found breeding on most of the major islands. The other tundra species—red-throated diver (Gavia stellata), king eider (Somateria spectabilis), sanderling (Calidris alba), Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca) and Lapland bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)—breed in small numbers and in limited areas, often not every year. Of the even fewer mammal species, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) occurs occasionally, while Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) and |
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Alle alle Alopex lagopus Arctic Arctic Fox Arctic Arctic skua Arctic tern Black guillemot Branta bernicla Brent goose Calidris alba Calidris maritima Cepphus grylle Glaucous Gull ivory gull King Eider Larus hyperboreus little auk Long-tailed Skua Nyctea scandiaca Pagophila eburnea Plectrophenax nivalis Purple Sandpiper Rangifer tarandus rissa tridactyla Severnaya Zemlya Snow Bunting snowy owl Somateria spectabilis Stercorarius longicaudus Stercorarius parasiticus Sterna paradisaea Tundra Lapland Sanderling Siberia |
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Alle alle Alopex lagopus Arctic Arctic Fox Arctic Arctic skua Arctic tern Black guillemot Branta bernicla Brent goose Calidris alba Calidris maritima Cepphus grylle Glaucous Gull ivory gull King Eider Larus hyperboreus little auk Long-tailed Skua Nyctea scandiaca Pagophila eburnea Plectrophenax nivalis Purple Sandpiper Rangifer tarandus rissa tridactyla Severnaya Zemlya Snow Bunting snowy owl Somateria spectabilis Stercorarius longicaudus Stercorarius parasiticus Sterna paradisaea Tundra Lapland Sanderling Siberia |
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