First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle)
The Dovekie (Alle alle) is the smallest and one of the most abundant alcids inhabiting the North Atlantic Ocean (Salomonsen, 1950; Brown et al., 1975; Roby et al., 1981). Until now there have been no documented breeding records of the Dovekie in the Canadian Arctic, though they are known to gather b...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65255 2023-05-15T13:16:14+02:00 First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle) Finley, Kerry J. Evans, C. Robert 1984-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65255 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65255/49169 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65255 ARCTIC; Vol. 37 No. 3 (1984): September: 195–320; 288-289 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal distribution Animal reproduction Bird nesting Dovekies Baffin Island Nunavut info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1984 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:19Z The Dovekie (Alle alle) is the smallest and one of the most abundant alcids inhabiting the North Atlantic Ocean (Salomonsen, 1950; Brown et al., 1975; Roby et al., 1981). Until now there have been no documented breeding records of the Dovekie in the Canadian Arctic, though they are known to gather by the millions in northwest Baffin Bay during spring migration to breeding colonies in Northwest Greenland (Renaud et al., 1982). The Dovekie is well known to the Inuit of Baffin Island; it is called akpaliapik, in contradistinction to its larger relative, the akpa or Thick-billed Murre (uria lomvia). In August 1983, during a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) study on the east coast of Baffin Island, Apak Qaqqasiq mentioned that Dovekies nested in at least two locations in Home Bay. With him and Josepi Tigullaraq, N.W.T. Wildlife Officer from Clyde, we visited one of these colonies by boat on 20 August. The colony was located on a small island (1 km long) called Abbajalik in Inuktitut (unnamed on maps), in northern Home Bay (69 02 N, 67 23 W) about 800 km south of the closest known Dovekie nesting locations in Northwest Greenland. . The Dovekie colony appeared to be vacated and we were about to leave when Qaqqasiq detected a faint call from the moraine. After carefully moving a few boulders, we found two Dovekie eggs, and nearby an adult Dovekie. . Article in Journal/Newspaper Alle alle Arctic Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Island Baffin Balaena mysticetus bowhead whale Dovekie Greenland Home bay inuit inuktitut North Atlantic Nunavut thick-billed murre Uria lomvia uria University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Island Greenland Nunavut Renaud ENVELOPE(-67.950,-67.950,-65.700,-65.700) ARCTIC 37 3 |
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The Dovekie (Alle alle) is the smallest and one of the most abundant alcids inhabiting the North Atlantic Ocean (Salomonsen, 1950; Brown et al., 1975; Roby et al., 1981). Until now there have been no documented breeding records of the Dovekie in the Canadian Arctic, though they are known to gather by the millions in northwest Baffin Bay during spring migration to breeding colonies in Northwest Greenland (Renaud et al., 1982). The Dovekie is well known to the Inuit of Baffin Island; it is called akpaliapik, in contradistinction to its larger relative, the akpa or Thick-billed Murre (uria lomvia). In August 1983, during a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) study on the east coast of Baffin Island, Apak Qaqqasiq mentioned that Dovekies nested in at least two locations in Home Bay. With him and Josepi Tigullaraq, N.W.T. Wildlife Officer from Clyde, we visited one of these colonies by boat on 20 August. The colony was located on a small island (1 km long) called Abbajalik in Inuktitut (unnamed on maps), in northern Home Bay (69 02 N, 67 23 W) about 800 km south of the closest known Dovekie nesting locations in Northwest Greenland. . The Dovekie colony appeared to be vacated and we were about to leave when Qaqqasiq detected a faint call from the moraine. After carefully moving a few boulders, we found two Dovekie eggs, and nearby an adult Dovekie. . |
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First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle) |
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First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle) |
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First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle) |
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First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle) |
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First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle) |
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first canadian breeding record of the dovekie (alle alle) |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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