Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/plan/species/hogr.htm

Scientific:
Podiceps auritus

Order:
Podicipediformes
Family:
Podicipedidae
Genus:
Podicpes

Danish: Nordisk lappedykker

Greenlandic: No translation found

Length: 12.2-15.0 in (31-38 cm)

Weight: 10.6-20.1 oz (300-570 g)

Wingspan: 21.6-25.2 in (55-64 cm)

Fun Fact: The Horned Grebe regularly eats some of its own feathers, enough that its stomach usually contains a matted plug of them. This plug may function as a filter or may hold fish bones in the stomach until they can be digested.

Karl-Birger Strann, XC401780. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/401780.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018).   Podiceps azurites. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=018B316959E84738

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

Stedman, Stephen J. 2000. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

https://lolbiomes.weebly.com/animals2.html

Scientific:
Corvus corax

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Corvus

Danish: Raven

Greenlandic: Killugak, Tulugaq

Length: 22.1-27.2 in (56-69 cm)

Weight: 24.3-57.3 oz (689-1625 g)

Wingspan: 45.7-46.5 in (116-118 cm)

Fun Fact: Ravens are one of the four bird species that reside in Greenland year round.

Terje Kolaas, XC383658. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/383658.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Corvus corax. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=667CD354C22510A8

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

Partners in Flight. 2017. Avian Conservation Assessment Database. 2017.

BirdLife International (2018) Country profile: Greenland (to Denmark). Available from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/greenland. Checked: 2018-04-12

http://coleswildbird.com/cole-bird-of-the-month-for-february-common-redpolls/

Scientific:
Acanthis flammea

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Acanthis

Danish: Gråsisken

Greenlandic: Orpimmiutaq

Length: 4.7-5.5 in (12-14 cm)

Weight: 0.4-0.7 oz (11-20 g)

Wingspan: 7.5-8.7 in (19-22 cm)

Common Redpolls from Greenland are larger and darker than those breeding in Alaska and Canada.

Terje Kolaas, XC383642. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/383642.

References :

Knox, Alan G. and Peter E. Lowther. 2000. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-legged_Kittiwake/id

Scientific:

Rissa tridactyla

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Laridae
Genus:
Rissa

Danish : Ride

Greenlandic: Nowyavah, Taateraa

Length: 15.0-16.1 in (38-41 cm)

Weight: 10.8-18.5 oz (305-525 g)

Wingspan: 37.0 in (94 cm)

maudoc, XC391788. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/391788.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Rissa tridactyla. https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=FB4D08F0837D4683

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Rissa tridactyla. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org

Hatch, Scott A., Gregory J. Robertson and Pat Herron Baird. 2009. Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

http://www.scotnature.co.uk/gallery/50.html

Scientific:
Stercorarius parasiticus

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Stercorariidae
Genus:
Stercorarius

English: Arctic Skua, Parasitic Jaeger, Arctic Jaeger

Danish: Almindelig Kjove

Greenlandic: Ishungak, Isunngaq

Length: 44-67cm including a tail of up to 8cm

Wingspan: 1.2m

Weight: 450g

Fun Fact: The Arctic Skua is known as the Parasitic Jaeger because it is well known for stealing nearly all of its food from other birds. Rather than hunting it’s own prey or finding a food source, the bird chiefly gets its food from taking it from other birds claws.

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC318713. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/318713.

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC318713. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/318713.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Stercorarius parasitic us. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1D4464402EC9FD21

Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus), In Neotropical Birds Online (, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/lotjae

http://tgreybirds.com/Pages/LongtailedJaegerp.html

Also named a Long-tailed Jager

Scientific:

Stercorarius longicaudus

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Stercorariidae
Genus:
Stercorarius

Danish : Lille Kjove

Greenlandic : Papikkaaq

Length : 48 – 53 cm

Wingspan: 105 – 117 cm

Weight: 230 – 444 g

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC378340. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/378340.

References :

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Stercorarius longicaudus. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1D4464402EC9FD21

Wiley, R. H. and D. S. Lee. 1998. Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.365

Meltofte, H. and Høye, T.T. 2007. Reproductive response to fluctuating lemming density and climate of the long-tailed skua Stercorarius longicaudus at Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland, 1996-2006. Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift, 101: 109-119.

https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/nature/common-murre.htm

Also known as the Common Guillemot

Scientific:

Uria aalge

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Alcidae
Genus:
Uria

Danish: Lomvie

Greenlandic: Appa sigguttooq

Length: 15.0-16.9 in (38-43 cm)

Weight: 28.2-39.7 oz (800-1125 g)

Wingspan: 25.2-27.9 in (64-71 cm)

The Common Murre breeds on the West Coast of Greenland, in multiple large colonies on small ledges on steep coastal cliffs of about 340 000 pairs. While Murres, can both walk and fly, the bird species travel much more naturally underwater. Murres can remain submerged for several minutes at a time. They have been recovered drowned in fishing nets set as deep as 180 m, and dives to 100 m appear to be common. Murres are able to eat almost any marine life up to the size of a 30-g fish. Common Murres do not create nests, but rather, lay their egg ontop of the rocky ledge.

However, some colonies in west Greenland were completely wiped out by from hunting in the twentieth century. There are now strict hunting regulations on the Common Murre, and populations are slowly increasing.

Ken Burton, XC328537. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/328537.

References :

Avibase The World Bird DataBase (2018). Uria aalge. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=39F29B55EF9A542F

Ainley, David G., David N. Nettleship, Harry R. Carter and Anne E. Storey. 2002. Common Murre (Uria aalge), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

https://notendur.hi.is/yannk/diary_jul09.htm

Scientific:

Phalaropus fulicarius

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
  Phalaropus

English: Red Phalarope, Grey Phalarope, Red (Grey) Phalarope

Danish : Thorshane

Greenlandic: No Translation

Length: 21 cm

Wingspan: 42 cm

Male weight: 50 g

Female weight: 63 g

Fun Facts: Rather unusual for wading bird species, the female Red (Grey) Phalarope is larger than the male. Additionally, the same bird species is referred to interchangeably as the Red Phalarope or the Grey Phalarope.

Patrik Åberg, XC406388. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/406388.

References :

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Phalaropus fulicarius. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org

Tracy, D. M., D. Schamel and J. Dale. 2002. Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.698

http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-necked-phalarope

Scientific : Phalaropus lobatus

Order:  Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Phalaropus 

English:  Hyperborean Phalarope and a Northern Phalarope

Danish : Odinshane

Greenlandic : Naluumasortoq

Length: 8.7-9.4 in (22-24 cm)

Weight: 1.3-3.9 oz (38-110 g)

Wingspan: 15.3-16.9 in (39-43 cm)

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC399829. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/39982

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Phalaropus lobatus. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=E6F3BA54577746FB

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Phalaropus lobatus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org

Johnsgard, P. A. 1981. The plovers, sandpipers and snipes of the world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, U.S.A. and London.

https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/learn/identification/sandpipers-phalaropes-allies/sanderling

Scientific:
Calidris alba
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
Genus:
Calidris

Danish: Sandløber

Greenlandic: Siorarsiooq

Length: 7.1-7.9 in (18-20 cm)

Weight: 1.4-3.5 oz (40-100 g)

Wingspan: 13.8 in (35 cm)

Paul Driver, XC70466. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/70466.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Databse (2018). Calidris alba. Downloaded from https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=06B9BD243A756B28 on 17/04/2018.

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Calidris alba. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/04/2018.

Macwhirter, R. Bruce, Peter Austin-Smith Jr. and Donald E. Kroodsma. 2002. Sanderling (Calidris alba), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.