Stop-over and Migration Ecology of the Whimbrel: Fall 2009 Season Report

• Main Authors: Smith, F. M., Watts, B. D., Duerr, A. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2010
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Hudson Bay; Canada; Pacific; Hudson; Morrison; Numenius phaeopus; Whimbrel; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/ccb_reports/356; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/ccb_reports/article/1355/viewcontent/ccbtr_10_01_Smith_Stop_over_and_Migration_Ecology_of_the_Whimbrel_Fall_2009_Season_Report.pdf

The whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a large, Holarctic, highly migratory shorebird. The North American race (N.p. hudsonicus) includes two disjunct breeding populations, both of which winter primarily in Central and South America. The western population breeds in Alaska and the Northwest Territories...