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This is an aggregate group of birds that live in the Arctic. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. A.
This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of Bird Checklists of the World as of March 2021. [1] Of the 298 species on the list, 136 are accidental and two were introduced to North America. One species is extinct; three are extirpated and one of them is possibly extinct.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
One species on the list is extinct. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. [2] The following tags have been used to highlight some categories of occurrence.
Birds of the Arctic (5 C, 57 P) Freshwater fish of the Arctic (34 P) Insects of the Arctic (72 P) Mammals of the Arctic (3 C, 38 P) * Fauna of the Arctic Ocean (6 C ...
A high-latitude species, the gyrfalcon breeds on the Arctic coasts and tundra, the islands of northern North America and the Eurosiberian region, where it is mainly a resident species. Some gyrfalcons disperse more widely after the breeding season or in winter, and individual vagrancy can take birds for long distances. Its plumage varies with ...
Larger species, such as the great skua, regularly kill and eat adult seabirds, such as puffins and gulls and have been observed killing birds as large as a grey heron. [5] On the breeding grounds, the three, more slender northern breeding species commonly eat lemmings. Those species that breed in the southern oceans largely feed on fish that ...
In the western Palearctic region, the list adopts the same geographical limits as those used by the editors of the handbook The Birds of the Western Palearctic. [1] The whole of the Arabian Peninsula and Iran are also included; further east, Voous followed the boundaries used by Hartert (1903–1923) [2] and Vaurie (1959, 1965). [3]