Disappearance of the Steller's Eider from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Kertell, Kenneth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal migration; Animal population; Animal reproduction; Bird nesting; Endangered species; Extirpation; Predation; Steller's Eiders; Wildlife management; Wildlife habitat; Alaska; Northern; Sibir'; Russian Federation; Sibir’; The ''Y''; Yakutsk; Yukon; Arctic; Barrow; eider de steller; Kuskokwim; Polysticta stelleri; steller’s eider; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64591

The Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) is apparently extinct as a breeding bird on the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) delta, one of two areas in Alaska where it was a regular breeder. Once considered a common breeding bird on the Y-K delta it has not been found nesting since 1975, despite recent exte...