A Second Breeding Site for Ross's Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Béchet, Arnaud, Martin, Jean-Louis, Meister, Peter, Rabouam, Corinne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: Ross’s gull; Rhodostethia rosea; breeding site; Foxe Basin; Prince Charles Island; Nunavut; mouette de Ross; nidification; bassin Foxe; île du Prince-Charles; Canada; Arctic; Barrow; Île du Prince-Charles; Point Barrow; Prince Charles island; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63911

Only 15 cases of breeding of Ross's gull Rhodostethia rosea are known outside of Siberia. While numerous birds are regularly seen in the fall at Point Barrow, Alaska, until now only one breeding locality has been known for Nunavut, Canada. We found a second breeding locality in Nunavut in the n...