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birds of bylot island

A total of 71 bird species have been surveyed on Bylot Island • This list is based on the work of Lepage et al. (1998)*. • The letter (B) following a name indicates evidences that the species has been breeding on the island.   GAVIIFORMES Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) (B) Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) (B) Common Loon (Gavia immer) (B) Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)   PROCELLARIIFORMES Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)   ANSERIFORMES Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) (B) Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Ross’s Goose (Chen rossii) Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) (B) Brant Goose (Branta bernicla) (B) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) (B) Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) American Wigeon (Anas Americana) Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) (B) King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (B) Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (B) Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (B)   FALCONIFORMES Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) (B) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (B) Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) (B)   GALLIFORMES Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) (B)   GRUIFORMES Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) (B)   CHARADRIIFORMES Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (B) American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (B) Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) (B) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (B) Red Knot (Calidris canutus) (B) Sanderling (Calidris alba) (B) Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (B) Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) (B) Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (B) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) (B) Dunlin (Calidris alpine) Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) (B) Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) (B) Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) (B) Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) (B) Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan) Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) Mew Gull (Larus canus) Thayer’s Gull (Larus thayeri) (B) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (B) Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) (B) Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) Sabine’s Gull (Xema sabini) (B) Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnean) Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (B) Dovekie (Alle alle) Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) (B) Black Guillemot (Cepphus grille) (B) Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)   STRIGIFORMES Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) (B)   PASSERIFORMES Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) (B) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolour) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Common Raven (Corvus corax) (B) Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) (B) American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) (B) Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Northern Watertrush (Seiurus noveboracensis) Savannah Sparrow (Passerculuc sandwichensis) Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) (B) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) (B) Common Redpoll (Cardualis flammea) Hoary Redpoll (Cardualis hornemanni) (B)   * LEPAGE, D., D.N. NETTLESHIP AND A. REED. 1998. Birds of Bylot Island and adjacent Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1979-1997. Arctic 51 (2): 121-141.