A QUICK GLIMPSE AT VARIOUS LAKES AND RIVERS IN SUMMER FINNMARK,
N.NORWAY 3
. BIRD LIST
Here I give the list of birds seen (or heard only, in some cases) during my
recent trip to Pasvik in East-Finnmark, from 4- 10 June. As i told earlier,
I concentrated on freshwater birds this time, and so even some quite common
woodland birds, such as the Willow Tit, are missing from the list, while
the lack of much cross-country walking causes the absemce of all grouse
species. The asterisked species are those that at the time were new to my
2002 year list (now at 292); many of them are northern or noerth-eastern
specialties, but there are also a few common seabirds, proof that I have
not yet been out to sea this year (apart from a month in the Weddell Sea!).
LOONS (DIVERS)
Red-throated loon Gavia stellata
Black-throated Loon G. arctica
Yellow-billed Loon G. adamsii
GREBES
Horned (Slavonian) Grebe Podiceps auritus
PETRELS
*Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
CORMORANTS
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
HERONS
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
WATERFOWL
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
10. *Bean Goose Anser fabalis
European Wigeon Anas penelope
Gadwall A. strepera
Teal A. crecca
Mallard A. platyrhynchos
Pintail A. acuta
Shoveler A. clypeata
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
*Greater Scaup A. marila
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
20 *Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
*Smew Mergellus albellus
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
Common Merganser M. merganser
HAWKS
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
*Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
*Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
FALCONS
30 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Merlin F. columbarius
*Gyrfalcon F. rusticola
CRANES
*Common Crane Grus grus
OYSTERCATCHERS
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
PLOVERS
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
SANDPIPERS ETC
*Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Dunlin C. alpina
40 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
*Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Curlew N. arquata
*Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Redshank T. totanus
Greenshank T. nebularia
Wood Sandpiper T. glareola
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
50 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
*Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
SKUAS(JAEGERS)
Arctic Skua (Parasitic Jaeger) Stercorarius parasiticus
* Long-tailed Skua S. longicauda
GULLS
*Little Gull Larus minutus
Black-headed Gull L. ridibundus
Baltic Gull L. fuscus
Herring Gull L. argentatus
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
60 *Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
TERNS
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
PIGEONS
Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Rock Pigeon (feral) C. livia
CUCKOOS
Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
OWLS
*Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
SWIFTS
*Common Swift Apus apus
WOODPECKERS
*Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
LARKS
Skylark Alauda arvensis
SWALLOWS
*House Martin Delichon urbica
70 Sand Martin (Bank Swallow) Riparia riparia
PIPITS, WAGTAILS
*Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Meadow Pipit A. pratensis
*Red-throated Pipit A. cervinus
Nordic Yellow Wagtail Motacilla (flava) thunbergi
White Wagtail M. alba
ACCENTORS
Dunnock (Hedge Accentor) Prunella modularis
THRUSHES AND CHATS
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
*Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Song Thrush T. philomelos
Redwing T. iliacus
OLD WORLD WARBLERS
*Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenabaenus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Chiffchaff Ph. collybita
OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
TITS
Great Tit Parus major
90 *Siberian Tit P. cinctus
CROWS ETC
*Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Hooded Crow Corvus corone cornix
Northern Raven C. corax
STARLINGS
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
FINCHES
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling F. montifringilla
Greenfinch Chloris chloris
100 Redpoll Acanthis flammea
*Arctic Redpoll A. hornemannii
BUNTINGS
* Lapland Bunting (L.Longspur) Calcarius lapponicus
The list is a nice one for here, but as mentioned before, also is a typical
'sightseeing-birder' list, with many of the difficult birds missing (owls,
woodcock, forest birds, bog birds). The fact that the majority of the birds
seen (67 of 102) are non-passerines is, however, quite characteristic for
our area, as well as the circumstance that waterfowl and shorebirds make up
the largest families, and that e.g. the old world warblers are not very
diverse so far north (Although the Willow Warbler is the most numerous bird
in the area), while thrushes and chats are. Gulls are quite diverse up
here, but terns are not, likewise pipits and wagtails are quite diverse,
but larks are not. (although I somehow missed the Horned Lark). The swift
was a stray, I suppose, from further south, but the Cuckoo is a common bird
in summer, also north of the treeline, and almost never out of earshot this
week.
Wim Vader,
Tromsø Museum
9037 Tromsø,
Norway
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