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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.
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.
[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 .
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
The specific epithet arcticus is the Latin word for "northern" or "arctic". [3] The black-backed woodpecker is now placed in the genus Picoides which was erected by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. [4] [5] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [5]
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;
The rock ptarmigan is the territorial bird of Nunavut. 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.
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 ...