Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

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

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.

https://abcbirds.org-red-knot-wintering-population-drops-by-more-than-5000-accelerating-slide-to-extinction/

Scientific:
Calidris canutus islandica

Danish : Islandsk Ryle

Greenlandic : Qajorlak

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
Genus:
Calidris

Length: 9.1-9.8 in (23-25 cm)

Weight: 4.8 oz (135 g)

Wingspan: 20.5-22.1 in (52-56 cm)

Fun Fact: Unlike most bird species, the Red Knox excretes the indigestible, hard parts in a feces, rather than regurgitate it.

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC247608. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/247608

References

Avibase The World Bird Network (2018). Calidris canutus islandica. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=360A5C0D0599F25B

Baker, Allan, Patricia Gonzalez, R. I. G. Morrison and Brian A. Harrington. 2013. Red Knot (Calidris canutus), 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.birdphotography.com/species/basa.html

Scientific:
Calidris bairdii

Danish : Bairdsryle

Greenlandic : Nuvuksruk

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
Genus:
Calidris

Length: 5.9-7.1 in (15-18 cm)

Weight: 1.4-2.1 oz (40-60 g)

Wingspan: 15.8-17.3 in (40-44 cm)

Fun Fact: The female Baird’s Sandpiper lays a clutch of eggs that is up to 120% of her body mass in four days, shortly after arriving in the Arctic, with essentially no stored fat.

Nick Komar, XC332714. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/332714.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Network (2018) Calidris bairdii. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1F1AD154DAE2E070

Moskoff, William and Robert Montgomerie. 2002. Baird’s Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii), 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.