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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 ...
This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe (as far south as Brittany), Asia, and North America (as far south as Massachusetts). The species is strongly migratory , seeing two summers each year as it migrates along a convoluted route from its northern breeding grounds to the Antarctic ...
These species, together with the razorbill, little auk and the extinct great auk make up the tribe Alcini. This arrangement was originally based on analyses of auk morphology and ecology. [7] The official common name for this species is Common Murre according to the IOC World Bird List, Version 11.2.
The gyrfalcon is the national bird of Iceland. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Iceland. The avifauna of Iceland included a total of 425 confirmed species as of November 2024 according to the Icelandic Birding Pages (IBP) with supplemental additions from Avibase. [1]
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It is the only species placed in the genus Acanthis. It breeds in the Arctic and north temperate Holarctic tundra and taiga. The redpoll was formerly widely treated as three species: the common or mealy redpoll, the arctic or hoary redpoll (A. hornemanni), and the lesser redpoll (A. cabaret).
A rare Arctic bird was spotted entangled in fishing line near a California pier, and rescuers rushed to help, a nonprofit said. Beachgoers spotted the yellow-billed loon Jan. 19 off the Cabrillo ...