Pictures of Birds other than Auks
Taken Around Spitsbergen (2007)
Not quite, but almost a record of every species (other than auks) that we saw. However, some of
the birds didn't show well, and those photographs are accordingly of
mediocre quality at best. I give the English name of the species
throughout - quite a few are known under different names in America.
By clicking on a picture you can look at a larger version.
Long-tailed skua (Falkenraubmoewe), on the ground and
taking over incubating the eggs.
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Ptarmigan (Alpenschneehuhn) on the left - note the amazing
camouflage of the female. On the right, snow bunting (Schneeammer),
the only passerine (songbird) breeding in the archipelago.
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Glaucous gull (Eismoewe) on the left, barnacle geese
(Weisswangengaense) on the right.
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Grey
phalarope (Thorshuehnchen) in its far from grey breeding plumage on
the left. The less gaudy male on the left, two females on the right.
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15 July 2007