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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.
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.
The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), fulmar, [2] or Arctic fulmar [3] is an abundant seabird found primarily in subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. There has been one confirmed sighting in the Southern Hemisphere , with a single bird seen south of New Zealand . [ 4 ]
Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. [1] The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera.
[2] [5] Pagophila is maintained as a unique genus because of the bird's morphological, behavioral and ecological differences from these species. [ 2 ] Colloquial names from Newfoundland include slob gull (from "slob", a local name for drift ice) and ice partridge, from a vague resemblance to a ptarmigan .
The following is a list of the restricted-range endemic bird species found in the Western Palearctic region: Caucasian black grouse; Caucasian snowcock; Cape Verde swift;
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 ...
The final possibility is that Numenius is a Latinized form of the Greek noumenios, which was the word Diogenes Laërtius used to refer to a species of curlew. The specific name "borealis" is Latin for "northern". [7] This species has many common names. It has been named the prairie pigeon, fute, little curlew, doe-bird, and doughbird.