First pre-modern record of the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) in north-east Greenland

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Gina E. Moseley, Jørgen Rosvold, Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen, Irka Hajdas, Olivier Gilg, Kristian M. Gregersen, Christoph Spötl, R. Lawrence Edwards
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: arctic; arctic ecology; climate change; cave; arctic circle; geochronology; envir; geo; Arctic; Greenland; Kronprins Christian Land; Climate change; East Greenland; Falco rusticolus; gyrfalcon; Kronprins Christian land; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3539; https://doaj.org/article/ff4281f253ae45ca9ba9b7c753a79438

Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) is the largest falcon in the world. It inhabits a wide range of climate zones in the Northern Hemisphere, from boreal forests in the south of its range to the arid polar deserts of the High Arctic. In Greenland, because of the harsh, remote environments in which gyrfalco...