Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. 53, Northern shore birds in the Pacific

Title Variants

Alternative: Birds of the Whitney South Sea Expedition
Alternative: Northern shore birds in the Pacific

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1248

By

Stickney, Eleanor H
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York City, The American Museum of Natural History, [1943]

Notes

Title from caption.

"December 31, 1943."

"Many of the shore birds that breed in the arctic of eastern Asia or Alaska were first discovered in their winter range in the islands of the Pacific ... species that were selected for this study are ... Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis dominica fulva); bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis); Pacific godwit (Limosa lapponica baueri); gray-rumped tattler (Heteroscelus incanus brevipes); wandering tattler (Heteroscelus incanus incanus); turnstone (Arenaria interpres); [and] sanderling (Crocethia alba)."

"Winter range and migration season in Polynesia of seven species of shore birds have been determined. They are characteristic for each of the species. Of the three circumpolar species, only the golden plover is common throughout the Pacific. The turnstone and the sanderling have restricted winter ranges. The American wandering tattler, although nesting in in the Americas (Alaska), winters primarily in Polynesia. Breeding range and winter range of the bristle-thighed curlew are geographically restricted. Non-breeding individuals of nearly all the species are found in their winter ranges during the northern summer months"--P. 9.

Subjects

59.83,3L(9) , Australasia , Birds , Migration , Oceania , Shore birds , Wintering

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1248, 1943

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31833451