Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

https://alchetron.com/White-wagtail

Scientific:
Motacilla alba

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Motacillidae
Genus:
Motacilla

Danish: Hvid Vipstjert

Greenlandic: No Translation Found

Length: 16.5-19 cm

Wingspan: 25-30 cm

Weight: 17-25 g

The white wagtail got its name from the species habit of constantly bobbing the tail up and down.

Karl-Birger Strann, XC401933. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/401933.

Resources:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018).   Motacilla alba. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=400E032C4624AA36

RSPB A-Z of Birds: Pied wagtail (February 2004):
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/p/piedwagtail/index.asp

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.

http://www.pbase.com/image/96844083

Scientific:
Acanthis hornemanni exilipes

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Acanthis

English: Arctic Redpoll, Hoary Redpoll,

Danish: Lille Hvidsisken

Greenlandic : Orpimmiutaq avannarleq, Sakoariak

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)

Jens Kirkeby, XC312665. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/312665

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Acanthis hornemanni exiles. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=43AFE986FB444042

Knox, Alan G. and Peter E. Lowther. 2000. Hoary Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni), 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.

Map data from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/redpoll-acanthis-flammea

https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Northern_Wheatear

Scientific:
Oenanthe oenanthe

Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Muscicapidae
Genus:
Oenanthe

English: Black-throated Wheatear, Greenland Wheatear, Common Wheatear, European Wheatear, Seebohm’s Wheatear, Wheatear

Danish: Stenpikker

Greenlandic: Kussak, Sakseriak

Length: 14.5 – 15.5 cm

Weight: 18 – 33 g

Karl-Birger Strann, XC401963. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/401963.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018).Oenanthe oenanthe. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=D857C0C7ADE44FC4

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Oenanthe oenanthe.

BirdGuides – Northern wheatear (February, 2011)
http://www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?sp=130156

Kren, J. and A. C. Zoerb. 1997. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), 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.316

Kren, J.; Zoerb, A. C. 1997. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe. In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The Birds of North America, pp. 1-24. The Academy of Natural Sciences, & The American Ornithologists’ Union, Philadelphia, PA, & Washington, DC.