Text by Nicole Bouglouan
Sources:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
Species list:
American Golden Plover – Pluvialis dominica – Pluvier bronzé
American Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinica – Talève violacée
American Robin – Turdus migratorius – Merle d’Amérique
Arctic Redpoll or Hoary Redpoll - Acanthis hornemanni - Sizerin blanchâtre
Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea – Sterne arctique
Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica – Macareux moine
Baird’s Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii - Bécasseau de Baird
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - Hirondelle rustique
Black Guillemot - Cepphus grylle - Guillemot à miroir
Black-headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus – Mouette rieuse
Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla - Mouette tridactyle
Brant Goose - Branta bernicla - Bernache cravant
Buff-bellied Pipit - Anthus rubescens - Pipit farlousane
Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii - Bernache de Hutchins
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis - Bernache du Canada
Common Eider - Somateria mollissima - Eider à duvet
Common Raven – Corvus corax - Grand corbeau
Common Redpoll - Acanthis flammea - Sizerin flammé
Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula - Pluvier grand-gravelot
Dunlin - Calidris alpina - Bécasseau variable
Eurasian Teal - Anas crecca - Sarcelle d’hiver
Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus - Goéland bourgmestre
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos - Aigle royal
Great Black-backed Gull – Larus marinus – Goéland marin
Great Northern Diver or Common Loon - Gavia immer - Plongeon imbrin
Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola - Pluvier argenté
Gyrfalcon - Falco rusticolus - Faucon gerfaut
Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus - Arlequin plongeur
Herring Gull – Larus argentatus – Goéland argenté
Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris – Alouette hausse-col
Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides - Goéland arctique
Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea - Mouette blanche
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferous - Pluvier kildir
King Eider - Somateria spectabilis - Eider à tête grise
Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus - Bruant lapon ou Plectrophane lapon
Little Auk or Dovekie - Alle alle - Mergule nain
Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis - Harelde boréale
Long-tailed Jaeger - Stercorarius longicaudus - Labbe à longue queue
Northern Fulmar – Fulmarus glacialis – Fulmar boreal
Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus - Fou de Bassan
Northern Pintail - Anas acuta - Canard pilet
Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe - Traquet motteux
Pacific Loon (Diver) - Gavia pacifica - Plongeon du Pacifique
Parasitic Jaeger or Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus - Labbe parasite
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos - Bécasseau tacheté
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus - Faucon pèlerin
Pomarine Skua or Jaeger - Stercorarius pomarinus - Labbe pomarin
Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima - Bécasseau violet
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator - Harle huppé
Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus - Phalarope à bec étroit
Red Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicarius - Phalarope à bec large
Red Knot - Calidris canutus - Bécasseau maubèche
Red-throated Diver (Loon) - Gavia stellata - Plongeon catmarin
Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta - Lagopède alpin
Ross’s Goose - Chen rossii – Oie de Ross
Ross’s Gull - Rhodostethia rosea - Mouette de Ross
Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo lagopus - Buse pattue
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres - Tournepierre à collier
Sabine’s Gull - Xema sabini - Mouette de Sabine
Sandhill Crane – Antigone canadensis – Grue du Canada
Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus – Gravelot semipalmé
Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla - Bécasseau semipalmé
Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus - Hibou des marais
Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis - Bruant des neiges ou Plectrophane des neiges
Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens - Oie des neiges
Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus – Harfang des neiges
Steller’s Eider - Polysticta stelleri - Eider de Steller
Thick-billed Murre - Uria lomvia - Guillemot de Brünnich
Tree Swallow – Tachycineta bicolour – Hirondelle bicolore
Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus - Cygne de la toundra
White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys - Bruant à couronne blanche
White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis - Bécasseau à croupion blanc
Willow Ptarmigan - Lagopus lagopus - Lagopède des saules
Yellow-billed Loon or White-billed Diver - Gavia adamsii - Plongeon à bec blanc
John Anderson
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BAFFIN ISLAND BIRD SPECIES
Baffin Island is the largest island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, with an area of 507,451 km² and a population of 13,039 inhabitants (mostly Inuit) in 2021. This large island is located in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It sits above the Arctic Circle.
The name of this island pays tribute to William Baffin, an English navigator cartographer and explorer. He was the first European to discover Baffin Bay while searching for a Northwest Passage from Atlantic to Pacific. He charted the east coast in 1616. However, several other seafarers reached the island between 1576 and 1631.
Baffin Island, 1,500 kilometres long and 200-700 kilometres wide, is just west to Greenland from which it is separated by Davis Strait and Baffin Bay. This island is an extremely remote place, far from roads and large towns.
The huge cliff walls rise to more than 1,000 metres above the ocean that freezes for over half of the year. Baffin Island is an amazing combination of deep valleys, spectaculars fjords, glaciers, rolling tundra, steep granite peaks and limestone cliffs. The Mount Odin is the highest peak with 2,143 metres.
In these beautiful landscapes, the wildlife enjoys ideal habitats. Here we can find polar bear, caribou, hare, fox, lemming and the tundra grey wolf endemic to Baffin Island. Narwhal, walrus and seals are usual marine inhabitants.
But we can also observe numerous bird species such as Snowy Owl, falcons, hawks, ptarmigans and puffins. The island is also ground of Thick-billed Murre, kittiwakes and fulmars. The nesting species are summer visitors to the island.
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Several geese such as Canada Goose, Snow Goose, Cackling Goose and Brant Goose are present.
Shorebirds include the Red-necked Phalarope, various sandpipers, murres including the Thick-billed Murre, and plovers.
Several gull species also nest on the island, such as Sabine’s Gull, Glaucous Gull, Herring Gull and Ivory Gull.
The long-distance migratory birds such as the Arctic Tern which migrates from Antarctica in spring, and a variety of aquatic nesting species such as coots, loons, Mallard and several other duck species also nest on this island.
Baffin Island has an extremely cold climate and sea ice surrounds the island for most of the year. The sea is frozen with only a few months above freezing.
The summer nesting areas for migratory birds are protected by the Dewey Soper Migratory Sanctuary and the Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Some National parks, but also historical and provincial parks are a good way to preserve the dramatic environment.
Tom Grey
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