Birds of the Thule District, Northwest Greenland

The avifauna of the Thule district was studied during three breeding season visits in 1983-85. The results are presented here, supplemented by data from four late summer expeditions made in 1983-86 by M. Lea, A. Erskine and W. Higgs. Counting the two redpolls as one, 47 species have been recorded fr...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Vaughan, Richard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1988
Subjects:
Animal distribution
Animal population
Birds
Qaanaap Kommunia
Greenland
Erskine
Arctic
Groenland
Thule
Thulé
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64746 2023-05-15T14:19:13+02:00 Birds of the Thule District, Northwest Greenland Vaughan, Richard 1988-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64746 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64746/48660 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64746 ARCTIC; Vol. 41 No. 1 (1988): March: 1–90; 53-58 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal distribution Animal population Birds Qaanaap Kommunia Greenland info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1988 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:53Z The avifauna of the Thule district was studied during three breeding season visits in 1983-85. The results are presented here, supplemented by data from four late summer expeditions made in 1983-86 by M. Lea, A. Erskine and W. Higgs. Counting the two redpolls as one, 47 species have been recorded from the Thule district, 17 of them seabirds, 10 shorebirds and 7 waterfowl. There are at least 21 species with established breeding populations. Status changes are demonstrated for three species, and three Nearctic species are recorded here for the Thule district for the first time.Key words: birds, ornithology, Greenland, Thule district Mots clés: oiseaux, ornithologie, Groenland, district de Thulé Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Groenland Thule Thulé University of Calgary Journal Hosting Erskine ENVELOPE(-65.667,-65.667,-66.483,-66.483) Greenland ARCTIC 41 1
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Animal population
Birds
Qaanaap Kommunia
Greenland
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Animal population
Birds
Qaanaap Kommunia
Greenland
Vaughan, Richard
Birds of the Thule District, Northwest Greenland
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Animal population
Birds
Qaanaap Kommunia
Greenland
description The avifauna of the Thule district was studied during three breeding season visits in 1983-85. The results are presented here, supplemented by data from four late summer expeditions made in 1983-86 by M. Lea, A. Erskine and W. Higgs. Counting the two redpolls as one, 47 species have been recorded from the Thule district, 17 of them seabirds, 10 shorebirds and 7 waterfowl. There are at least 21 species with established breeding populations. Status changes are demonstrated for three species, and three Nearctic species are recorded here for the Thule district for the first time.Key words: birds, ornithology, Greenland, Thule district Mots clés: oiseaux, ornithologie, Groenland, district de Thulé
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title_full_unstemmed Birds of the Thule District, Northwest Greenland
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publisher The Arctic Institute of North America
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Greenland
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Thule
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