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Bylot Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Bylot Island , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2024. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Bylot Island [map]
Description: Including adjacent Baffin Island area
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2017-02-11
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic51-2-125.pdf
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| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | |
| Ross's Goose | Anser rossii | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis | Rare/Accidental |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
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| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare/Accidental |
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| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |
| Dovekie | Alle alle | |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |
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| Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Near-threatened |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| California Gull | Larus californicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Rare/Accidental |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
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| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Vulnerable |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
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| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
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| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Rare/Accidental |
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| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | |
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| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Harris's Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | Near-threatened |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | Rare/Accidental |
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