Table 1.

Relative abundance, based on daily checklists, and breeding status of 41 avian species observed in Aulavik National Park during the summers of 1995 and 1996. Common species were recorded on 50 percent or more of the daily checklists, uncommmon on 20 to 49 percent, and rare on less than 20 percent of the checklists. Breeding records listed as new were established as a result of field observations made during this study.

 
SPECIES RELATIVE ABUNDANCE BREEDING RECORD?
Yellow-billed Loon Rare X     new
Pacific Loon Uncommon X     new
Red-throated Loon Rare  
Tundra Swan Rare  
Canada Goose Rare X     new
Black Brant Uncommmon X     new
Snow Goose Rare  
Oldsquaw Rare X     new
King Eider Uncommon X     new
Rough-legged Hawk Uncommon X
Peregrine Falcon Rare X
Willow Ptarmigan Rare X     new
Rock Ptarmigan Rare X
Sandhill Crane Common X     new
Semipalmated Plover Rare  
Lesser Golden Plover Uncommon X     new
Black-bellied Plover Common X     new
Ruddy Turnstone Rare X     new
Red-necked Phalarope Rare  
Red Phalarope Rare X     new
Sanderling Rare X
Semipalmated Sandpiper Uncommon X
Western Sandpiper Rare  
White-rumped Sandpiper Rare X     new
Baird's Sandpiper Uncommon X
Pectoral Sandpiper Uncommon X     new
Purple Sandpiper Rare X     new
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Rare X     new
Least Sandpiper Rare  
Pomarine Jaeger Rare  
Parasitic Jaeger Rare  
Long-tailed Jaeger Common X     new
Glaucous Gull Common X
Sabine's Gull Rare X
Arctic Tern Uncommon X     new
Snowy Owl Uncommon X
Horned Lark Common X
Common Raven Uncommon X     new
American Pipit Rare X
Lapland Longspur Common X     new
Snow Bunting Uncommon X     new
 
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