First Canadian Breeding Record of the Dovekie (Alle alle)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Finley, Kerry J., Evans, C. Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal reproduction; Bird nesting; Dovekies; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Renaud; Alle alle; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; Dovekie; Home bay; inuit; inuktitut; North Atlantic; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65255

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...