List of birds of Nunavut

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The Canadian territory Nunavut has over 100 species of birds nearly all of which are migratory, with only the Common Raven, the Snowy Owl and the Rock Ptarmigan spending the winter. Most, if not all birds migrate to Nunavut for breeding purposes and tend to return to the same nesting grounds each year.

Birds may be found all through Nunavut but not all birds are to be seen throughout the territory. Thus the Horned Lark can be found in all areas or Nunavut, except Ellesmere Island, the sparrow is rarely found outside of the mainland and the plovers are usually found only on the east coasts of Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island.

Along with the regular birds can be found the occasional "lost bird" such as the Barn Swallow or Blue Jay but they are not covered here.

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Traditional usage

Beside a food source the Inuit had several other ways of using birds:

Birds, (ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖅ, Tingmiaq [1])

Ducks (Mitiq, Mitik), Geese and Swans, – Anatidae

Loons - Gaviidae

Tubenoses - Procellariidae

Birds of prey - Accipitridae

Falcons – Falconidae

Grouse – Tetraonidae

Cranes – Gruidae

Plovers – Charadriidae

Typical waders – Scolopacidae

Jaegers (Skuas, ᐃᓱᙵᖅ, Ihunngait, Ihunngaq, Isunngait) - Stercorariidae

Gulls (ᓇᐅᔭᖅ, Naujaq) – Laridae

Terns – Sternidae

Auks (Tuulligjuak) - Alcidae

Owls – Strigidae

Larks – Alaudidae

Pipits – Motacillidae

Wheatears – Muscicapidae

Crows – Corvidae

Finches – Fringillidae

Buntings and American sparrows- Emberizidae

See also

Citations

  1. ^ There are several different dialects of Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun plus two writing styles, Inuktitut syllabics and Latin alphabet (Roman orthography). Thus the Inuit name and/or spelling may differ from one region to another and in extreme cases from one community to another.

Further reading

External links

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See also