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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 ...
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Rock partridge; Red-legged partridge; Barbary partridge; Houbara bustard; Red-necked nightjar; Western swamphen; Mediterranean gull; Yellow-legged gull (be); Audouin's gull (be); European storm-petrel (be)
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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Birds of the Arctic" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.
The birds follow a somewhat convoluted course in order to take advantage of prevailing winds. [15] The average Arctic tern lives about 30 years and will, based on the above research, travel some 2.4 million km (1.5 million mi) during its lifetime, the equivalent of a roundtrip from Earth to the Moon more than three times. [16]
The parasitic jaeger (North America) or Arctic skua (Europe) (Stercorarius parasiticus), is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species that breeds in Northern Scandinavia , Scotland , Iceland , Greenland , Northern Canada , Alaska , and Siberia and winters across the southern hemisphere.
Approximately 40% of the population breeds in the high arctic where the largest colonies are found, 30% in the low arctic, and 30% in boreal waters. In the winter, some of the birds in the high arctic waters are forced south by the winter ice making them seasonal migrants, but in more temperate zones the species is essentially resident.