Breeding Birds of Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, N.W.T., with Notes on the Biogeographic Significance of the Avifauna

The known avifauna of the Arctic Bay area consists of 38 species, of which 22 are probable or proven breeders and 3 are permanent residents. Arctic Bay appears to be in a transition area between characteristic high arctic and low arctic forms. Eurasian or Greenlandic forms include breeding Ringed Pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Renaud, Wayne E., Johnson, Stephen R., Hollingdale, P. Diane
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1979
Subjects:
Animal behaviour
Animal reproduction
Bird nesting
Birds
Arctic Bay region
Nunavut
Admiralty Inlet
Arctic
Arctic Bay
Baffin Island
Greenland
Arctic bay
Baffin
greenlandic
Red Knot
Ringed Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65662
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Summary:The known avifauna of the Arctic Bay area consists of 38 species, of which 22 are probable or proven breeders and 3 are permanent residents. Arctic Bay appears to be in a transition area between characteristic high arctic and low arctic forms. Eurasian or Greenlandic forms include breeding Ringed Plover and 'Greenland' Hoary Redpoll; and transient Wheatear, Red Knot and Ruddy Turnstone. The absence of several sea-associated species as breeders or even transients may be attributed to the normal late ice break-up in Admiralty Inlet.

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