Expanded Range Limits of Boreal Birds in the Torngat Mountains of Northern Labrador

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Author: Whitaker, Darroch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2017
• Subjects: Boreal birds; climate change; Labrador; range shifts; shrubification; Torngat Mountains; treeline; Arctic; Ungava Bay; Climate change
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1957; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i1.1957

The Torngat Mountains lie at the southeastern limit of the Canadian Arctic in northern Labrador, and bird distributions in the region are poorly understood. I visited the Torngat Mountains every summer from 2008 to 2016 and recorded all birds observed. Several boreal bird species were widespread and...