New Avian Breeding Records for Iqaluit, Nunavut

Authors

  • David J. T. Hussell Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Wildlife Research and Development Section, 2140 East Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8
  • Jeremy A. T. Hussell 111 Decou Road, Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 4K2
  • Erica H. Dunn Environment Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H3

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v126i1.1299

Keywords:

Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, breeding, Iqaluit

Abstract

Breeding was documented for the first time in Iqaluit, Nunavut, for Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys), and Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), extending the known breeding ranges in the eastern Arctic for all three species.

Downloads

Published

2012-10-02

Issue

Vol. 126 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Notes

License

Copyright for Canadian Field-Naturalist content is held by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, except for content published by employees of federal government departments, in which case the copyright is held by the Crown. In-copyright content available at the Biodiversity Heritage Library is available for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence. For usage of content at the BHL for purposes other than those allowed under this licence, contact us.

 

To request use of copyright material,  please contact our editor, Dr. Dwayne Lepitzki: editor -at- canadianfieldnaturalist -dot- ca