Important Animals of the Low Brush, Muskeg-Bog Community |
Important Animals of the Wet Tundra Community |
Important Animals of the Moist Tundra Community |
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Mammals |
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Mammals |
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Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinercus |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Snowshoe hare |
Lepus americanus |
Tundra shrew |
S. tundrensis |
Tundra shrew |
S. tundrensis |
Northern bog lemming |
Synaptomys borealis |
Tundra hare |
Lepus othus |
Tundra hare |
Lepus othus |
Meadow vole |
Microtus pennsylvanicus |
Arctic ground squirrel |
Citellus parryi |
Arctic ground squirrel |
Citellus parryi |
Tundra vole |
M. oeconomus |
Greenland collared lemming |
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus |
Greenland collared lemming |
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Brown lemming |
Lemmus trimucronatus |
Brown lemming |
Lemmus trimucronatus |
Gray vvolf |
C. lupus |
Tundra vole |
Microtus oeconomus |
Tundra vole |
Microtus oeconomus |
Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Meadow jumping mouse |
Zapus hudsonius |
Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
Arctic fox |
Alopex lagopus |
Gray wolf |
Canis lupus |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Grizzly bear |
Ursus arctos |
Red fox |
Vulpas fulva |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Grizzly beat |
Ursus arctos |
Lynx |
Lynx candensis |
Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
Least weasel |
M. rixosa |
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Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
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Moose |
AIces alces |
Common loon |
Gavia immer |
Whistling swan |
Olor columbianus |
Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus |
Arctic loon |
G. arctica |
Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
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Red-necked grebe |
Podiceps grisegena |
White-fronted goose |
Anser albifrons |
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Horned grebe |
P. auritus |
Snow goose |
Chen caerulescens |
Whistling swan |
Olor columbianus |
Whistling swan |
Olor columbianus |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
Trumpeter swan |
O. buccinator |
Pintail |
A. acuta |
White-fronted goose |
Anser albifrons |
Canada goose |
Branta canadensis |
American wigeon |
A. americana |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Northern shoveler |
A. clypeata |
Pintail |
A. acuta |
Pintail |
A. acuta |
American green-winged teal |
A. creeca |
American wigeon |
A. americana |
American wigeon |
A. americana |
Greater scaup |
Aythya marila |
Northern shoveler |
A. clypeata |
Northern shoveler |
A. clypeata |
Lesser scaup |
A. affinis |
American green-winged teal |
A. crecca |
American green-winged teal |
A. crecca |
Spectacled eider |
Somateria fischeri |
Greater scaup |
Aythya marila |
Canvasback |
Aythya valisineria |
Steller's eider |
Polysticta stelleri |
Lesser scaup |
A. affinis |
Lesser scaup |
A. affinis |
Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
Oldsquaw |
Clangula hyemalis |
Black scoter |
Melanitta nigra |
Black scoter |
Melanitta nigra |
White-winged scoter |
Melanitta deglandi |
Red-breasted merganser |
Mergus serrator |
Red-breasted merganser |
Mergus serrator |
Surf scoter |
M. perspicillata |
Willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
Willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
Peregrine falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
Rock ptarmigan |
L. mutus |
Rock ptarmigan |
L. mutus |
Lesser sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
Lesser sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
Lesser sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
Greater yellowlegs |
Tringa malanoleuca |
American golden plover |
Pluvialis dominica |
Black-bellied plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
Lesser yellowlegs |
T. flavipes |
Black-bellied plover |
P. squatarola |
Rock sandpiper |
Calidris ptilocnemis |
Northern phalarope |
Lobipes lobatus |
Semipalmated plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
Dunlin |
C. alpine |
Common snipe |
Capella gallinago |
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
Western sandpiper |
C. mauri |
Mew gull |
Larus canus |
Bristle-thighed curlew |
N. tahitiensis |
Red phalarope |
Phalaropus fulicularius |
Bonarparte's gull |
L. philadelphia |
Bar-tailed godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
Northern phalarope |
Lobipes lobatus |
Arctic tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
Long-billed dowitcher |
Limnodromus scolopaceus |
Common snipe |
Capella gallinago |
Hawk-owl |
Surnia ulula |
Ruddy turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
Parasitic jaeger |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Tree swallow |
Iridoproche bicolor |
Black turnstone |
A. melanocephala |
Long-tailed jaeger |
S. longicaudus |
Gray jay |
Perisoreus canadensis |
Rock sandpiper |
Calidris ptilocnemis |
Glaucous gull |
Larus hyperboreus |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
Dunlin |
C. alpina |
Glaucous-winged gull |
L. glaucescens |
Bohemian waxvving |
Bombycilla garrulus |
Western sandpiper |
C. mauri |
Mew gull |
L. canus |
Rusty blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
Red phalarope |
Phalaropus fulicularius |
Sabine's gull |
Xema sabini |
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Northern phalarope |
Lobipes lobatus |
Arctic tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
Important Animals of the High Brush Community |
Common snipe |
Capella gallinago |
Short-eared owl |
Asio flammeus |
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Parasitic jaeger |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Snowy owl |
Nyctea scandiaca |
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Long-tailed jaeger |
S. longicaudus |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
Masked shrew |
Sorex cinereus |
Glaucous gull |
Larus hyperboreus |
Yellow wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
Tundra hare |
Lepus othus |
Glaucous-vvinged gull |
L. glaucescens |
Savannah sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
Snowshoe hare |
L. americanus |
Mew gull |
L. canus |
Lapland longspur |
Calcarius lapponicus |
Meadow jumping mouse |
Zapus hudsonius |
Sabine's gull |
Xema sabini |
Snow bunting |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Arctic tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
McKay's bunting |
P. hyperboreus |
Gray wolf |
C. lupus |
Short-eared owl |
Asio flammeus |
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Red fox |
Vulpes fulva |
Snowy owl |
Nyctea scandiaca |
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Black bear |
Ursus americanus |
Common raven |
Corvus corax |
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Grizzly bear |
U. arctos |
Savannah sparrow |
Passerculus sandwichensis |
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Ermine |
Mustela erminea |
Lapland longspur |
Calcarius lapponicus |
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Least weasel |
M. rixosa |
Snow bunting |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
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Wolverine |
Gulo gulo |
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Lynx |
Lynx canadensis |
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Moose |
Alces alces |
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Sharpshinned hawk |
Accipiter striatus |
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Marsh hawk |
Circus cyaneus |
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Rough-legged hawk |
Buteo lagopus |
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Golden eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
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Willow ptarmigan |
Lagopus lagopus |
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Traill's flycatcher |
Empidonax trailii |
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Barn swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
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Cliff swallow |
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
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Bank swallow |
Riparia riparia |
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Common raven |
Corvus corax |
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Gray-cheeked thrush |
Catharus minimus |
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Arctic warbler |
Phylloscopus borealis |
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Yellow wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
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Bohemian waxwing |
Bombycilla garrulus |
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Northern shrike |
Lanius excubitor |
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Yellow warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
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Northern water thrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
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Wilson's warbler |
Wilsonia pusilla |
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Rusty blackbird |
Euphagus cyanocephalus |
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Hoary redpoll |
Acanthis hornemanni |
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Common redpoll |
A. flammea |
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Tree sparrow |
Spizella arborea |
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White-crowned sparrow |
Zonotrichia leucophrys |
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Golden-crowned sparrow |
Z. atricapilla |
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Fox sparrow |
Passerella iliaca |
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