Birds of Mansel Island, northern Hudson Bay
A recent review of bird distributions in Nunavut demonstrated that Mansel Island, in northeastern Hudson Bay, is one of the least known areas in the territory. Here, current information on the birds of Mansel Island is summarized. A list published in 1932 included 24 species. Subsequent visits by or...
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ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/2153 2023-05-15T15:59:43+02:00 Birds of Mansel Island, northern Hudson Bay Gaston, Anthony J. 2019-09-20 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2153 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v133i1.2153 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2153/2197 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2153 doi:10.22621/cfn.v133i1.2153 Copyright (c) 2019 The Canadian Field-Naturalist The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 133 No. 1 (2019); 20-24 0008-3550 Mansel Island Hudson Bay birds breeding info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Short Article 2019 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v133i1.2153 2021-09-02T18:54:51Z A recent review of bird distributions in Nunavut demonstrated that Mansel Island, in northeastern Hudson Bay, is one of the least known areas in the territory. Here, current information on the birds of Mansel Island is summarized. A list published in 1932 included 24 species. Subsequent visits by ornithologists since 1980 have added a further 17 species to the island’s avifauna. The list includes 17 species for which breeding has been confirmed and 10 for which breeding is considered probable. The island seems to support particularly large populations of King Eiders (Somateria spectabilis) and Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) and the most southerly breeding population of Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini) and Red Knot (Calidiris canuta; probably). Article in Journal/Newspaper Cygnus columbianus Hudson Bay Mansel Island Nunavut Red Knot Somateria spectabilis Tundra Xema sabini The Canadian Field-Naturalist (E-Journal) Hudson Hudson Bay Mansel Island ENVELOPE(-79.833,-79.833,61.992,61.992) Nunavut The Canadian Field-Naturalist 133 1 20 24 |
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A recent review of bird distributions in Nunavut demonstrated that Mansel Island, in northeastern Hudson Bay, is one of the least known areas in the territory. Here, current information on the birds of Mansel Island is summarized. A list published in 1932 included 24 species. Subsequent visits by ornithologists since 1980 have added a further 17 species to the island’s avifauna. The list includes 17 species for which breeding has been confirmed and 10 for which breeding is considered probable. The island seems to support particularly large populations of King Eiders (Somateria spectabilis) and Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) and the most southerly breeding population of Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini) and Red Knot (Calidiris canuta; probably). |
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Birds of Mansel Island, northern Hudson Bay |
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Birds of Mansel Island, northern Hudson Bay |
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Birds of Mansel Island, northern Hudson Bay |
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Birds of Mansel Island, northern Hudson Bay |
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Cygnus columbianus Hudson Bay Mansel Island Nunavut Red Knot Somateria spectabilis Tundra Xema sabini |
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