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The common loon is the official provincial bird of Ontario. This list of birds of Ontario includes all the bird species recorded in the Canadian province of Ontario as determined by the Ontario Bird Records Committee (OBRC). As of August 2024 there were 511 species on this list, 291 of which are known to breed in the province.
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. [1] The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.
Rondeau Provincial Park is the second oldest provincial park in Ontario, Canada, having been established with an order in council on 8 September 1894. [3] The park is located in Southwestern Ontario , on an 8 km long crescentic sand spit extending into Lake Erie .
The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus (A) NT; Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola LC
At least 195 bird species were confirmed to breed in the area, with a total of 410 species of birds recorded in the Greater Toronto Area (either breeding, in migration, or vagrant). [1] [31] A number of birds pass through the Toronto while migrating, with the city being situated around where the Atlantic and the Mississippi migratory flyways ...
Rouge National Urban Park is a national urban park in Ontario, Canada.The park is centred around the Rouge River and its tributaries in the Greater Toronto Area.The southern portion of the park is situated around the mouth of the river in Toronto, and extends northwards into Markham, Pickering, Uxbridge, and Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Its national headquarters are located near Port Rowan and Long Point, Ontario, Canada. Motus wildlife tracking network is a program of Birds Canada, it was launched in 2014 in the US and Canada, by 2022 more than 1,500 receiver stations have been installed in 34 countries, most receivers are concentrated in the United States and Canada.
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