Bird Observations in Severnaya Zemlya, Siberia

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: de Korte, J., Volkov, A.E., Gavrilo, M.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal population; Arctic foxes; Bird nesting; Birds; Lemmings; Reindeer; Sea birds; Karskoye More; Severnaya Zemlya; Russian Federation; Arctic; Blanche; Nain; Renard; Renne; Alle alle; Alopex lagopus; Arctic birds; Arctic Fox; Arctic skua; Arctic tern; Arctique*; Bernache cravant; Black guillemot; Branta bernicla; Brent goose; Bruant des neiges; Calidris alba; Calidris maritima; Cepphus grylle; Dicrostonyx torquatus; Glaucous Gull; Goéland bourgmestre; Guillemot à miroir; ivory gull; King Eider; Labbe à longue queue; Larus hyperboreus; little auk; Long-tailed Skua; mergule nain; Mouette tridactyle; Nyctea scandiaca; Pagophila eburnea; Plectrophenax nivalis; Purple Sandpiper; Rangifer tarandus; renard arctique; rissa tridactyla; Severnaïa Zemlia; Snow Bunting; snowy owl; Somateria spectabilis; Stercorarius longicaudus; Stercorarius parasiticus; Sterna paradisaea; Sterne arctique; toundra; Tundra; harfang des neiges; Labbe parasite; Lapland; lapon; renne; Sanderling; Siberia
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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 (...