Observations of Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) and Other Seabirds at Cape Parry, Amundsen Gulf, N.W.T.

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Johnson, Stephen R., Ward, John G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Animal population; Sea birds; Thick-billed Murres; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Parry Peninsula; N.W.T; Parry; Cape; Arctic; Canada; Cape Parry; Mer de Beaufort; Northwest Territories; Amundsen Gulf; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65171

The Thick-billed Murre colony near Cape Parry, Northwest Territories, Canada, is the only murre colony in the western Canadian Arctic and is isolated to a greater extent than any other murre colony in the world. We conducted a brief but intensive survey of this colony on 1 and 2 August 1979 and recorded over 700 Thick-billed Murres, 16 Black Guillemots and 2 Common Murres. Some murre eggs were seen on the cliffs but a reliable measure of production was not determined. The number of Thick-billed Murres counted was much greater than reported several decades earlier and the sightings of the Common Murres were new for the Beaufort Sea.Key words: Thick-billed Murres, Arctic, Beaufort Sea, Cape Parry, N.W.T. Mots clés: marmette de Brünnich, Arctique, la mer de Beaufort, Cape Parry, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest