Birds of Bylot Island and Adjacent Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1979 To 1997

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lepage, Denis, Nettleship, David N., Reed, Austin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: arctic birds; avifauna; avian distribution; Baffin Island; Bylot Island; avifaune; île Bylot; île de Baffin; oiseaux arctiques; répartition avienne; Arctic; Brant; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Île de Baffin; Northwest Territories; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic birds; Arctique*; Baffin; Bernache du Canada; Branta canadensis; Calidris canutus; Canada Goose; Île Bylot; Larus canus; Red Knot; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Black-headed Gull; Larus ridibundus; Mouette rieuse
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64110

Observations of birds in the Bylot Island region from 1979 to 1997, with emphasis on the southwest part of the island each summer since 1989, revealed an avifauna composed of 63 species, of which 35 were breeding. Thirteen species are new records for the region, including one for the Northwest Terri...