A Specimen of the High Arctic Subspecies of Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica naumanni, in Canada

A fresh specimen of an adult Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica, was obtained from a local hunter at the Minarets (Akpait) on the east coast of Baffin Island on 3 August 2007. The measurements of this bird exceeded those of Atlantic Puffins from Newfoundland and Labrador (F. a. arctica) but fell wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Authors: Gaston, Anthony J., Provencher, Jennifer F.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2012
Subjects:
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica naumanni
status
Akpait
Baffin Island
large-billed form
Arctic
Canada
Newfoundland
Atlantic puffin
Baffin
fratercula
Fratercula arctica
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1297
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v126i1.1297
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Summary:A fresh specimen of an adult Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica, was obtained from a local hunter at the Minarets (Akpait) on the east coast of Baffin Island on 3 August 2007. The measurements of this bird exceeded those of Atlantic Puffins from Newfoundland and Labrador (F. a. arctica) but fell within the limits of the High Arctic subspecies (F. a. naumanni). This specimen appears to be the first of the High Arctic subspecies to be collected on a potential breeding site in Canada. This subspecies is highly disjunct from the Low Arctic subspecies and is probably represented in Canada by only a few hundred individuals.

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