Birds visiting the area include Brent goose Branta bernicla, common eider Somateria mollissima, red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator, pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus, Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus, Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea and Brünnich's guillemot Uria lomvia. From Wordnik.com. [Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland] Reference
Notable exceptions to food resource generalism are lemming predators (e.g., least weasels – Mustela nivalis, and several owls – Asio, Nyctea spp., raptors – Buteo spp., and skuas – Stercorarius spp.) and a number of host-specific phytophagous insects (e.g., aphids – Acyrthosiphon spp. and sawflies – Symphyta). From Wordnik.com. [General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels] Reference
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) III. From Wordnik.com. [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference
Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed Skua. From Wordnik.com. [Database of Press Releases related to Africa] Reference
Shorebirds and seabirds that utilize freshwater and/or estuarine habitats, linking freshwater and marine environments, include the red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria), parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus), red knot (Calidris canutus), dunlin (C. alpina), long-tailed jaeger (S. longicaudus), northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), white-rumped sandpiper (C. fuscicollis), western sandpiper (C. mauri), rednecked stint (C. ruficollis), Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola), semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), and ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres). From Wordnik.com. [Freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic] Reference
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