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This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Bird Records Committee of Nature Newfoundland & Labrador (Nature NL) lists 427 species as occurring in Newfoundland as of 2021. [1] Twenty additional species were added from Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase). [2]
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus (A) LC; Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A) LC
It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin being found in the northeastern Pacific. The Atlantic puffin breeds in Russia , Iceland , Ireland , [ 2 ] Britain , Norway , Greenland , Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , and the Faroe Islands , and as far south as Maine in ...
Newfoundland and Labrador [7] Atlantic puffin (provincial bird) Willow ptarmigan Rock ptarmigan (game bird) Woodland caribou (Newfoundland regimental mascot) Newfoundland pony (heritage animal) – Purple pitcher plant: Black spruce: Labradorite: Quaerite primum regnum dei (seek ye first the kingdom of God) Anthem: "Ode to Newfoundland ...
The Atlantic puffin is the provincial bird of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and ... a field guide to the natural history of North American birds: 207, 209 ...
Bolivians befriend birds Location: La Paz Elba Soto and her son have attracted a trio of birds to their 18th-floor window (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT, ELBA SOTO, SAYING: They come and we ...
Game bird Partridge or ptarmigan Lagopus: Game bird: Partridge or ptarmigan [5] [7] Found throughout the province Animal: Newfoundland pony: Newfoundland pony [8] Dogs: Newfoundland dog Labrador Retriever: Newfoundland dog Labrador Retriever [8] Anthem "Ode to Newfoundland" Sheet music produced for the debut of "Ode to Newfoundland" in 1902 ...
Between 1991 and 2001, the province’s population fell by about 10%, largely because of people leaving outport communities, according to the Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador website. The cod ...