Bird observations in Severnaya Zemlya, Siberia

Fieldwork in different parts of Severnaya Zemlya in 1985, 1991, 1992 and 1993 and aerial surveys in 1994 revealed 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 (...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: de Korte, J., Volkov, A. E., Gavrilo, M. V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1995
Subjects:
SEVERNAYA ZEMLYA
HIGH ARCTIC BIRDS
BREEDING DISTRIBUTION
Arctic
Severnaya Zemlya
Alle alle
Alopex lagopus
Arctic birds
Arctic Fox
Arctic skua
Arctic tern
Black guillemot
Branta bernicla
Brent goose
Calidris alba
Calidris maritima
Cepphus grylle
Dicrostonyx torquatus
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
Snow Bunting
snowy owl
Somateria spectabilis
Stercorarius longicaudus
Stercorarius parasiticus
Sterna paradisaea
Tundra
Lapland
Sanderling
Siberia
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/e489342c-bc54-493d-9722-0c4d373b6527
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/e489342c-bc54-493d-9722-0c4d373b6527
https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1244
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/66571453/1244_3343_1_PB.pdf
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Summary:Fieldwork in different parts of Severnaya Zemlya in 1985, 1991, 1992 and 1993 and aerial surveys in 1994 revealed 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 collared lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus) are locally common in some years.

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